We measured the monochromatic aberrations of five subjects' right eyes both temporally and nasally out to 40 degrees from fixation. We used a Hartmann-Shack sensor with modifications to equipment and software to enable off-axis measurements. Results were standardized for 6-mm pupils. There was considerable variation among subjects in the pattern of aberrations. Aberrations were generally greate...

PURPOSE To investigate prospectively the relation between induced changes in higher-order aberrations of the eye and changes in contrast sensitivity by conventional laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) for myopia. METHODS In 200 eyes of 110 consecutive patients (mean age, 32.7 +/- 8.4 years) undergoing LASIK, ocular aberrations and contrast sensitivity function were determined before and 1 mo...

SEPTEMBER 2010 CATARACT & REFRACTIVE SURGERY TODAY EUROPE 35 T he introduction of wavefront-sensing techniques to ophthalmology has redefined the clinical meaning of refractive error. Now, all imperfections in the components and materials within the eye that cause light rays to deviate from their desired path are referred to as optical aberrations. Lower-order aberrations (defocus and astigmati...

Structural chromosome aberrations or chromosome mutations represent apart from aneuploidies the most frequent pathologic findings in applied chromosome diagnostics. But they also occur as combinations of both types as in unstable rearrangements or in chaotic karyotypes of early stages of embryonic development. Depending on the indication for chromosome analysis—child with developmental retardat...

Structural chromosome aberrations or chromosome mutations represent apart from aneuploidies the most frequent pathologic findings in applied chromosome diagnostics. But they also occur as combinations of both types as in unstable rearrangements or in chaotic karyotypes of early stages of embryonic development. Depending on the indication for chromosome analysis—child with developmental retardat...

Structural chromosome aberrations or chromosome mutations represent apart from aneuploidies the most frequent pathologic findings in applied chromosome diagnostics. But they also occur as combinations of both types as in unstable rearrangements or in chaotic karyotypes of early stages of embryonic development. Depending on the indication for chromosome analysis—child with developmental retardat...

Wavefront aberrations were measured using a psychophysical ray-tracing technique in both eyes of 316 emmetropic and moderately myopic school children and young adults. Myopic subjects were found to have greater mean root mean square (RMS) value of wavefront aberrations than emmetropic subjects. Emmetropic adults had the smallest mean RMS, which remained smaller than the values for myopic adults...

Off-axis monochromatic aberrations in the human eye impose limits on peripheral vision. However, the magnitude of the aberrations off-axis, and in particular coma, has not been yet completely determined. We have developed a procedure to estimate third order aberrations in the periphery of the human eye. The technique is based on recording series of double pass retinal images with unequal entran...