title: Monochromatic aberrations and myopia.
abstract: The monochromatic aberrations present in the eyes of a group of 21 young myopic subjects and 16 young emmetropic subjects were measured along the visual axis at three levels of accommodation. The aberrations were measured using a modified aberroscope technique which makes use of a retinal camera to photograph the shadow image of the aberroscope grid on the retina, while accommodation levels of 0, 1.5 and 3.0 D were induced consensually. Fourth-order aberrations were significantly different between the emmetropic and myopic groups, with the myopes showing lower fourth-order terms. A high proportion of the aberroscope grids photographed in the myopic eyes were too highly aberrated to permit analysis.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Eye Research, School of Optometry, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Wildsoet
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Atchison
mesh_terms: D000065:Accommodation, Ocular / Q000502:physiology; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D009216:Myopia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011680:Pupil / Q000502:physiology; D012029:Refraction, Ocular