title: Wavefront technology in ophthalmology.
abstract: Wavefront sensing is an emerging technology that can measure irregular astigmatism as a higher-order wavefront aberration. The application of wavefront sensing in ophthalmology might enable the non-invasive observation of living retinal cone cells; the measurement of detailed visual function of the central nervous system by eliminating higher-order aberrations during examinations by adaptive optics; the correction of irregular astigmatism; and the prevention of iatrogenic irregular astigmatism induced by conventional refractive surgical procedures. In addition, it will be theoretically possible to obtain supernormal vision by wavefront-guided refractive surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka University Medical School, Osaka, Japan. nmaeda@ophthal.med.osaka-u.ac.jp
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authors.lastname: Maeda
mesh_terms: D001251:Astigmatism / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003315:Cornea / Q000473:pathology*; D003941:Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological; D006801:Humans; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000379:methods*