title: Optical quality differences between three multifocal intraocular lenses: bifocal low add, bifocal moderate add, and trifocal.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the in vitro optical quality at different focal points of two new bifocal intraocular lenses (IOLs) and one new trifocal IOL.
  
  
  METHODS
  The AcrySof ReSTOR SV25T0 (+2.5 diopter [D] add) and the AcrySof ReSTOR SN6AD1 (+3.0 D add) with two main foci (Alcon Laboratories, Fort Worth, TX) and the AT LISA tri 839MP with three main foci (Carl Zeiss Meditec, Dublin, CA) were evaluated. The optical quality of the IOLs was measured with the PMTF optical bench (LAMBDA-X, Nivelles, Belgium). The optical quality of the IOLs was quantified by the modulation transfer function (MTF) at five different focal points (0.0, -1.5, -2.0, -2.5, and -3.0 D) and for 3.0- and 4.5-mm apertures. The through-focus MTF of the IOLs was also recorded.
  
  
  RESULTS
  For the 0.0 D focal point, the AcrySof ReSTOR (+2.5 D add) obtained the highest MTF values for all apertures. For the -2.5 D focal point, the AcrySof ReSTOR (+3.0 D add) showed the highest MTF values for 3.0 mm. For the -3.0 D focal point at 3.0- and 4.5-mm aperture, the best values were obtained with the AcrySof ReSTOR (+3.0 D add) and the AT LISA, respectively. For the -1.5 D focal point, the trifocal IOL provided better values. For the -2.0 D focal point, all IOLs provided comparable results. The through-focus MTF curves showed three and two peaks for the trifocal and bifocal IOLs, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The trifocal IOL provides a better optical quality at the -1.5 D focal point. However, the optical quality of the trifocal IOL significantly decreases compared to the bifocal IOLs at far distance and -2.5 D focal points.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Madrid-Costa
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ruiz-Alcocer
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ferrer-Blasco
authors.forename: Santiago
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: García-Lázaro
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Montés-Micó
mesh_terms: D015350:Contrast Sensitivity; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D055095:Optics and Photonics; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D014792:Visual Acuity