Reproducibility analysis of measurements with a mechanical semiautomatic eye model for evaluation of intraocular lenses

Elisabet Rank; Lukas Traxler; Natascha Bayer; Bernd Reutterer; Kirsten Lux; Andreas Drauschke

doi:10.1117/12.2040581

4 March 2014 Reproducibility analysis of measurements with a mechanical semiautomatic eye model for evaluation of intraocular lenses

Elisabet Rank, Lukas Traxler, Natascha Bayer, Bernd Reutterer, Kirsten Lux, Andreas Drauschke

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Proceedings Volume 8936, Design and Quality for Biomedical Technologies VII; 89360F (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2040581
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2014, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Mechanical eye models are used to validate ex vivo the optical quality of intraocular lenses (IOLs). The quality measurement and test instructions for IOLs are defined in the ISO 11979-2. However, it was mentioned in literature that these test instructions could lead to inaccurate measurements in case of some modern IOL designs. Reproducibility of alignment and measurement processes are presented, performed with a semiautomatic mechanical ex vivo eye model based on optical properties published by Liou and Brennan in the scale 1:1. The cornea, the iris aperture and the IOL itself are separately changeable within the eye model. The adjustment of the IOL can be manipulated by automatic decentration and tilt of the IOL in reference to the optical axis of the whole system, which is defined by the connection line of the central point of the artificial cornea and the iris aperture. With the presented measurement setup two quality criteria are measurable: the modulation transfer function (MTF) and the Strehl ratio. First the reproducibility of the alignment process for definition of initial conditions of the lateral position and tilt in reference to the optical axis of the system is investigated. Furthermore, different IOL holders are tested related to the stable holding of the IOL. The measurement is performed by a before-after comparison of the lens position using a typical decentration and tilt tolerance analysis path. Modulation transfer function MTF and Strehl ratio S before and after this tolerance analysis are compared and requirements for lens holder construction are deduced from the presented results.

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Elisabet Rank, Lukas Traxler, Natascha Bayer, Bernd Reutterer, Kirsten Lux, and Andreas Drauschke "Reproducibility analysis of measurements with a mechanical semiautomatic eye model for evaluation of intraocular lenses", Proc. SPIE 8936, Design and Quality for Biomedical Technologies VII, 89360F (4 March 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2040581

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