Interocular high-order corneal wavefront aberration symmetry

J Opt Soc Am A Opt Image Sci Vis. 2006 Apr;23(4):777-87. doi: 10.1364/josaa.23.000777.

Abstract

The interocular symmetry of the high-order corneal wavefront aberration (WA) in a population of myopic eyes was analyzed before and after photorefractive keratectomy (PRK). The preoperative and one-year postoperative corneal aberration data (from third to seventh Zernike orders) for 4- and 7-mm pupils from right and left eyes were averaged after correcting for the effects of enantiomorphism to test for mirror symmetry. Also, the mean corneal point-spread function (PSF) for right and left eyes was calculated. Preoperatively, a moderate and high degree of correlation in the high-order corneal WA between eyes was found for 4- and 7-mm pupils, respectively. Myopic PRK did not significantly change the interocular symmetry of corneal high-order aberrations. No discernible differences in the orientation PSF between eyes were observed one year after surgery in comparison with the preoperative state over the two analyzed pupils.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Corneal Topography / methods*
  • Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / methods*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lasers, Excimer
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myopia / diagnosis*
  • Myopia / surgery*
  • Photorefractive Keratectomy / methods*
  • Prognosis
  • Refractometry / methods*
  • Treatment Outcome