Abstract
The purpose of this work was to evaluate peripheral image quality in the pseudophakic eye using computational, physical, and psychophysical methods. We designed and constructed a physical model of the pseudophakic human eye with realistic dimensions using a corneal phantom and a board-only camera that was pivoted around an axis that matched the anatomical center of a human retina, assuming a radius of curvature of 12 mm, while it was submersed in a 23.4 mm long water filled chamber to emulate human ocular axial length. We used this optical setup to perform direct recording of the point spread function (PSF) and the associated retinal images for a commercial intraocular lens (IOL). Additionally, psychophysical tests were carried out to investigate the impact of the off-axis astigmatism in peripheral visual performance, where spectacle-induced astigmatism simulated the pseudophakic conditions in healthy subjects. Our findings using the physical eye model confirm the existence of large amounts of astigmatism in the periphery of the pseudophakic eye. The psychophysical tests revealed a significant reduction of detection sensitivity in the peripheral visual field. The latter suggests that off-axis astigmatism in patients implanted with IOLs may have performance and safety implications for activities requiring efficient peripheral vision.
Highlights
The crystalline lens is a complicated structure and its function has been a topic of study for centuries
The central visual field of the pseudophakic eye shows generally good image quality [10], limited practically only by the residual postoperative sphero-cylindrical refractive errors and in some cases spherical aberration depending on the type of the intraocular lens (IOL) used [11,12]
Images in the central and the peripheral visual field were recorded using the physical eye model mounted with the IOL as described in the methods section
Summary
The crystalline lens is a complicated structure and its function has been a topic of study for centuries. It exhibits a gradient refractive index from 1.390 at the lens surface to 1.409 at its core [1], achieved by an increasing concentration of crystalline proteins in the cytoplasm of lens fiber cells [2]. The central visual field of the pseudophakic eye shows generally good image quality [10], limited practically only by the residual postoperative sphero-cylindrical refractive errors and in some cases spherical aberration depending on the type of the IOL used [11,12]
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