title: Improving vision by pupil masking.
abstract: We propose an alternative solution to improve visual quality by spatially modulating the amplitude of light passing into the eye (related to the eye's transmittance), in contrast to traditional correction of the wavefront phase (related to the local refractive power). Numerical simulations show that masking the aberrated areas at the pupil plane should enhance visual function, especially in highly aberrated eyes. This correction could be implemented in practice using customized contact or intraocular lenses.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Física, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands 38200, Spain; Grupo de Ciencias de la Visión, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia 30100, Spain.
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bonaque-González
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Física, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands 38200, Spain.
authors.forename: Susana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ríos-Rodríguez
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Ciencias de la Visión, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia 30100, Spain.
authors.forename: Norberto
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: López-Gil
keywords: (330.0330) Vision, color, and visual optics; (330.1070) Vision - acuity; (330.4460) Ophthalmic optics and devices