The Correction of Eye Wavefront Using Contact Lenses and Their Impact on the Accommodative Response

Abstract

Eye wavefront aberrations have a strong impact on the formation of an image on the retina and vision quality. A relationship has also been found between the aberrations and accommodation, which plays a significant role in visual performance and refraction change. It is hypothesized that not only the correction of lower-order aberrations but also that of higher-order ones can affect the quality of the image. Recently, many research papers have reported on wavefront correction by soft contact lenses in a variety of configurations. Contact lenses are available that may induce or, conversely, neutralize the aberrations. The question of how these lenses interact with the eye’s own aberrations, remains unresolved: it is not clear yet if the lenses compensate the aberrations or add up to them // Russian Ophthalmological Journal, 2016; 2: 102-107. doi: 10.21516/2072-0076-2016-9-2-102-107.

Keywords

• аберрации
• волновой фронт
• сферическая аберрация
• аберрации высшего порядка
• контактные линзы
• аккомодация
• aberrations
• wavefront
• spheric aberrations
• higher-order aberrations
• contact lenses
• accommodation