title: The TMS-1 corneal topography measurement applied to calibrated ellipsoidal convex surfaces.
abstract: The purpose of this report is to assess the accuracy of the TMS-1 videokeratoscope (Computed Anatomy Inc.) by using convex ellipsoidal surfaces. The ellipsoids were calibrated using Form Talysurf analysis, which allowed for subsequent calculation of the vertex radius and p value. The videokeratoscope was used to examine the same ellipsoids. The data provided by the instrument software were used to plot a graph of r2 verses y2, where r is the measured radius at y, the distance from the corneal point being measured to the optical axis of the instrument. The intercept on the ordinate of this graph gives the vertex radius, and the slope give the p value. The results arising from the Talysurf and the TMS-1 techniques were compared. The TMS-1 videokeratoscope gave readings for the vertex radius that were generally higher than those of the Talysurf analysis. The vertex radius was up to 0.09 mm greater. The p value results were similar by the two methods for p values of approximately 0.8; however, the TMS-1 results were higher, and the discrepancy increased as the p value approached that of a paraboloid. Although the videokeratoscope may be useful in comparative studies of the cornea, there must be some doubt about the absolute values displayed as the surface becomes increasingly aspheric.
authors.affiliation: Department of Optometry, Bradford University, West Yorks, England.
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Douthwaite
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Matilla
mesh_terms: D002138:Calibration; D003315:Cornea / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D001330:Electronic Data Processing; D006801:Humans; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D009907:Optometry / Q000295:instrumentation*