Purpose: To study the association between tear film hyperosmolarity and ocular light scatter in a cataract surgery population.
Patients And Methods: Contiguous, 20-second objective scatter index (OSI) scans were recorded in hyperosmolar (≥320 mOsm/L) and normal subjects (<308 mOsm/L) with cataract nuclear opacity ≥3. OSI was measured at screening, baseline and 90 days following surgery.
Cataracts increase the amount of scattered light in the crystalline lens producing low-contrast retinal images and causing vision impairment. The Optical Memory Effect is a wave correlation of coherent fields, which can enable imaging through scattering media. In this work, we characterize the scattering properties of excised human crystalline lenses by measuring their optical memory effect and other objective scattering parameters, finding the relationship between them.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To evaluate the quality of vision and depth of focus induced by controlled amounts of negative spherical aberration in patients implanted bilaterally with light-adjustable intraocular lenses.
Design: Prospective, nonrandomized clinical trial.
Methods: Seventeen patients were implanted and treated with appropriate spatial irradiance light profiles.