title: Computerized calculation scheme for bitoric eikonic intraocular lenses.
abstract: Despite full correction of the corneal astigmatism with toric intraocular lenses, the retinal image is distorted and the lateral image-object magnification is different in different meridians. The purpose of this study is to describe an iteration strategy for tracing an axial pencil of rays through the 'optical system eye' containing astigmatic refractive surfaces with their axes at random to calculate a thick bitoric lens implant which eliminates image distortion. The capabilities of this computing scheme are demonstrated with two clinical examples. We present a mathematically straightforward computer-based strategy for the calculation of thick bitoric eikonic lens implants. The iteration algorithm is initialized with a spherical front and a toric back surface and stepwise decreases the image distortion by adding cylinder lenses to the front lens surface corrected by the toric lens back surface. Total magnification can be modulated by varying the front-to-back surface power of the thick lens.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Schwabachanlage 6, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany. achim.langenbucher@augen.imed.uni-erlangen.de
authors.forename: Achim
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Langenbucher
authors.forename: Berthold
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Seitz
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001251:Astigmatism / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D011474:Prosthesis Design