PURPOSE To determine photopic and mesopic distance high-contrast visual acuity (HC-VA) and low-contrast visual acuity (LC-VA) in eyes with early age-related macular degeneration (AMD). METHODS Measurements were made in 22 subjects with early AMD and 28 healthy control subjects. Inclusion criteria included a photopic HC-VA of 20/25 or better. Distance VA was measured using HC (96%) and LC (10%...

The aim of this work is to predict mesopic detection contrast thresholds for spectral increments on a fixed uniform mesopic background. A compound contrast-type quantity C including achromatic and chromatic terms is defined. The detection threshold is characterized by C=1. From this criterion, a spectral non-additivity formula (NA) is derived for a mesopic luminance difference type quantity. Ac...

PURPOSE To evaluate the subjective and objective visual results after the implantation of a new trifocal diffractive intraocular lens. METHODS A NEW TRIFOCAL DIFFRACTIVE INTRAOCULAR LENS WAS DESIGNED COMBINING TWO SUPERIMPOSED DIFFRACTIVE PROFILES: one with +1.75 diopters (D) addition for intermediate vision and the other with +3.50 D addition for near vision. Fifty eyes of 25 patients that w...

PURPOSE In older eyes in normal macular health, we examined associations between impaired photopic acuity, mesopic acuity, spatial contrast sensitivity, light sensitivity, and the presence of low luminance deficit (difference between photopic and mesopic acuity) at baseline and incident AMD 3 years later. Associations were compared with an association between delayed rod-mediated dark adaptatio...

26 27 Contrast thresholds of cells in the dorsal lateral geniculate (LGNd) and medial 28 interlaminar (MIN) nuclei of awake cats were measured for scotopic and mesopic vision 29 with drifting sine gratings (1/8, 2 and 4 cpd; 4 Hz temporal frequency). Thresholds for 30 mean firing rate (F0) and temporally-modulated responses (F1) were derived with ROC 31 analyses and compared to behavioral measu...

Rod influence on hue appearance of spectral lights was characterized by comparing the scaling of red, green, yellow, and blue hue sensations for an 8 degrees-diameter, 7 degrees-eccentric test spot under conditions that minimized (cone plateau) and maximized (dark adapted) rod influence at two mesopic light levels (1.5 and 3.0 log scoptic trolands). At the lower light level, the hue-scaling fun...

PURPOSE To compare pre- and postoperative horizontal and vertical pupil diameters after horizontal Artisan phakic intraocular lens (PIOL) (Ophtec BV, Groningen, The Netherlands) implantation for correction of myopia. METHODS The pre- and postoperative scotopic pupil diameters measured by the Colvard pupillometer (Oasis Medical, Glendora, Calif) were compared in 71 eyes after Artisan PIOL impl...