Combined anterior segment OCT and wavefront-based autorefractor using a shared beam

Marco Ruggeri; Giulia Belloni; Yu-Cherng Chang; Heather Durkee; Ettore Masetti; Florence Cabot; Sonia H Yoo; Arthur Ho; Jean-Marie Parel; Fabrice Manns

doi:10.1364/BOE.435127

Combined anterior segment OCT and wavefront-based autorefractor using a shared beam

Biomed Opt Express. 2021 Oct 6;12(11):6746-6761. doi: 10.1364/BOE.435127. eCollection 2021 Nov 1.

Authors

Marco Ruggeri^{1

2}, Giulia Belloni^{1

3}, Yu-Cherng Chang^{1

2}, Heather Durkee^{1

2}, Ettore Masetti^{1

3}, Florence Cabot^{1

4}, Sonia H Yoo^{1

4}, Arthur Ho^{1

5

6}, Jean-Marie Parel^{1

2

4

5}, Fabrice Manns^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Ophthalmic Biophysics Center, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA.
² Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Miami College of Engineering, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA.
³ Department of Engineering "Enzo Ferrari", University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, MO 41125, Italy.
⁴ Anne Bates Leach Eye Center, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA.
⁵ Brien Holden Vision Institute, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
⁶ School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2033, Australia.

Abstract

We have combined an anterior segment (AS) optical coherence tomography (OCT) system and a wavefront-based aberrometer with an approach that senses ocular wavefront aberrations using the OCT beam. Temporal interlacing of the OCT and aberrometer channels allows for OCT images and refractive error measurements to be acquired continuously and in real-time. The system measures refractive error with accuracy and precision comparable to that of clinical autorefractors. The proposed approach provides a compact modular design that is suitable for integrating OCT and wavefront-based autorefraction within the optical head of the ophthalmic surgical microscope for guiding cataract surgery or table-top devices for simultaneous autorefraction and ocular biometry.

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