Clinical ocular wavefront analyzers.
OBJECTIVE
To provide a summary of the methods used by clinical wavefront analyzers and their historical, current, and future applications.


METHODS
Review of the literature and authors' experience with the various devices.


RESULTS
A wide range of clinical wavefront aberrometers, which use different principles, are available to clinicians and researchers.


CONCLUSIONS
Applications of wavefront analyzers in vision sciences range from assessment of refractive error, refractive surgery planning, evaluation of outcomes, optimization of contact lenses and IOL designs, evaluation of pathology relating to optical performance of the eye, and evaluation of accommodation alterations.
Cerviño
Alejandro
A
School of Life and Health Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Hosking
Sarah L
SL
Montes-Mico
Robert
R
Bates
Keith
K
D003315:Cornea / Q000473:pathology*; D003941:Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D012029:Refraction, Ocular; D012030:Refractive Errors / Q000175:diagnosis*