title: Analysis of wavefront-guided corrections to see if they fully correct ocular aberrations.
abstract: In a recent paper [J. Opt. Soc. Am. A22, 1473 (2005)], the authors concluded, as a result of analysis using an optical model of the eye, that wavefront-guided ablative correction of the refractive errors of the eye does not efficiently remove those errors. An analytical method is given that analyzes the effect of a wavefront-guided ablative treatment of the aberrations of the eye using only the measured wavefront error of the eye and a measured or assumed anterior corneal surface shape and shows that in fact a wavefront-guided ablative treatment does remove all clinically significant error of the eye if only the anterior surface of the cornea is physically altered as planned as a result of treatment. The use of a variation of the method to analyze the effect of treatment when other changes occur as a result of treatment is also given.
authors.affiliation: charles.e.campbell@mac.com
authors.forename: Charles E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Campbell
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D048988:Corneal Surgery, Laser / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D053685:Laser Therapy; D007834:Lasers; D008954:Models, Biological; D011379:Prognosis; D012030:Refractive Errors / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D054140:Refractive Surgical Procedures; D012031:Refractometry / Q000379:methods*; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome