Optical aberrations of the cornea and the crystalline lens

The wave-front aberrations of the anterior corneal surface, the posterior corneal surface and the complete eye have been measured by a corneal topographic system (Orbscan II) and a Hartmann-Shack wave-front sensor. We have calculated the aberrations for both the corneal surfaces with the discrete set of corneal elevation data, and with which to acquire the aberrations of the whole cornea. The aberrations of the crystalline lens are calculated by subtracting the aberrations of the cornea from that of the complete eye. The aberration combination between the anterior and the posterior corneal surface, between the cornea and the crystalline lens is complicated, either compensation or addition. For individual Zernike terms, astigmatism and quatrefoil in the anterior corneal surface are added by the posterior corneal surface, while some other terms show compensation between the two surfaces. And for complete eye, astigmatism and spherical aberrations in the cornea are partially compensated by the crystalline lens, and other terms show addition between the two parts. Individual eye shows different combinations of compensation and addition across different Zernike terms.     

基于个体眼光学结构的角膜与晶状体的像差补偿

研究角膜对晶状体波前像差的影响对现行的个性化视觉矫正手术有-定的参考价值.运用光学设计软件Zemax,根据个体人眼的角膜地形图、眼内各部分轴向间距和全眼波前像差数据,为22只人眼构建了个体眼光学结构.基于个体眼光学结构和衍射光学理论计算了眼内、外不同位置处的波前,获得了角膜对晶状体波前像差的影响.结果表明,角膜和品状体像差存在补偿和叠加两种关系.大多数眼睛,角膜对晶状体像差有一定补偿作用.总体像散的均方根(RMS)值比品状体像散的RMS值减小0.08～1.48μm,相当于10.1%～77.5%.总体高阶像差的RMS值比晶状体高阶像差的RMS值减小了0.06～0.85 μm,相当于3.8%～79.4%,平均减小了50.7%.其中,球差和彗差的Zernike系数绝对值总体比晶状体分别减小了0.02～0.60μm和0.01～0.39μm,相当于4.3%～98.4%和2.5%～91.4%.     

人眼模型中各折射面对人眼像差的贡献

将计算光学系统各个折射面对系统像差贡献的理论应用于人眼中.用C语言编制光线追迹程序,计算了人眼各个折射面对眼睛像差的贡献及各种像差经过眼睛不同折射面的变化.给出了眼睛中各个折射面对眼睛彗差的贡献,并发现角膜与晶状体对眼睛彗差的贡献有相互补偿的作用.在眼睛中,角膜前表面对人眼像差的贡献最大,晶状体后表面对眼睛像差的贡献次之,这两个折射面比其他两折射面对眼睛像差的贡献大得多.这说明晶状体后表面也是改善人眼像差的参数之一.     

非球面和梯度折射率在眼光学成象中的作用

在Gullstrand-Le Grand眼模型的基础上,构造不同的眼光学模型,分别研究了角膜非球面、晶状体非球面和昌状体折射率在眼光学成象中的作用.通过比较各模型系统的Zernike标准多项式系数,分析了非球面和梯度折射率对眼光光系统各象差的影响.同时研究了不同模型调制传递函数的特性.     

Optically deviated focusing method based high-speed SD-OCT for in vivo retinal clinical applications

The aim of this study is to provide accurately focused, high-resolution in vivo human retinal depth images using an optically deviated focusing method with spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) system. The proposed method was applied to increase the retinal diagnosing speed of patients with various values of retinal distances (i.e., the distance between the crystalline eye lens and the retina). The increased diagnosing speed was facilitated through an optical modification in the OCT sample arm configuration. Moreover, the optical path length matching process was compensated using the proposed optically deviated focusing method. The developed system was mounted on a bench-top cradle to overcome the motion artifacts. Further, we demonstrated the capability of the system by carrying out in vivo retinal imaging experiments. The clinical trials confirmed that the system was effective in diagnosing normal and abnormal retinal layers as several retinal abnormalities were identified using non-averaged single-shot OCT images, which demonstrate the feasibility of the method for clinical applications.     

超视力人眼模型的研究

超视力人眼模型对充分发掘人眼视力达到“鹰视”具有重要意义。用Zernike多项式描述角膜前表面，用渐变折射率描述晶状体的折射率分布，同时考虑人眼视轴和光轴的夹角对成像的影响，利用光学设计软件Zemax建立了人眼超视力模型。将Zernike条纹矢高面应用到人眼模型中，能有效改变视轴方向(即5°视场)的成像质量，提高点扩散函数（PSF）值。采用晶状体渐变折射率符合人眼的实际解剖结构，可有效减小人眼像差。通过分析人眼极限分辨能力和人眼模型波像差，得出当空间频率为60周期/度时，该模型对目标高频细节感知的调制度可达到0.55。     

大鼠眼球的高场磁共振成像研究

该文旨在研究微型磁共振（MRI）对大鼠眼球的成像效果和应用. 通过对10只SD大鼠的20只眼球进行7.0 T MRI检查,应用常规T1WI和T2WI序列高分辨率扫描;观察MRI图像上大鼠眼球的结构,并比较MRI测量与组织学显微镜下测量视网膜厚度结果. 磁共振扫描清楚地显示了所有受试大鼠眼球的主要结构,包括角膜、晶状体、玻璃体、视网膜、巩膜、虹膜、睫状体、视神经. 球壁结构磁共振图像层次与组织学结构层次有良好对应性; 磁共振视网膜厚度测量值与显微镜下视网膜厚度测量数据进行配对 t 检验,P＞0.05,二者无显著差异. 由此得出的结论是小动物MRI可以对大鼠眼球细微解剖结构进行无创性的成像,为我们提供了一个研究大鼠眼科疾病模型的形态学及功能变化的手段.      

基于个性化人眼模型的大视场波像差特性的研究

大视场波前像差对人眼光学系统的影响不容忽视。运用Zemax光学设计软件分别为8只正常人眼构建了个性化的人眼模型,该人眼模型由实际测量的人眼波前像差数据、角膜地形数据及眼内各部分轴向间距数据优化得来,与个体人眼具有相同的光学特性。在此基础上,分析了人眼颞侧方向0°,10°,20°,30°,40°,50°视场的离轴像差随视场角的变化趋势,得出边缘视觉比中央视觉质量差主要来源在于像散与彗差。四阶以上的高阶像差随着视场角的改变,变化不大。将个性化人眼模型计算得到的大视场波前像差值与用哈特曼夏克(Hartmann-Shack)波前传感器实际测量得到的人眼像差值相比较,两者结果相吻合。     

Evaluating Optical Quality of a Bifocal Soft Contact Lens in Near Vision Using a Shack–Hartmann Wavefront Aberrometer

To assess optical characteristics of bifocal soft contact lenses (BCLs) in use, we measured wavefront aberrations of human eyes, of eyes with a monofocal soft contact lens (MCL), and of eyes with a BCL. Modulation transfer functions (MTFs), Strehl ratios, and simulated images for far and near vision were produced with the measured aberrations. High order aberrations of subject 1 were significantly smaller than those of subject 2 (t-test, P = 0.001). We found that wearing the BCL improved the optical quality of an eye in subject 1, expressed as the horizontal MTF from 2 to 48 cycles per degree (cpd) for near vision and the Strehl ratio (t-test, P = 0.009 for Strehl ratio). But we did not find the same effect in subject 2. This difference may be due to the difference in the aberrations of the eyes of the two subjects.     

Adaptive optics fundus camera using a liquid crystal phase modulator

We have developed an adaptive optics (AO) fundus camera to obtain high resolution retinal images of eyes. We use a liquid crystal phase modulator to compensate the aberrations of the eye for better resolution and better contrast in the images. The liquid crystal phase modulator has a wider dynamic range to compensate aberrations than most mechanical deformable mirrors and its linear phase generation makes it easy to follow eye movements. The wavefront aberration was measured in real time with a sampling rate of 10 Hz and the closed loop system was operated at around 2 Hz. We developed software tools to align consecutively obtained images. From our experiments with three eyes, the aberrations of normal eyes were reduced to less than 0.1 μm (RMS) in less than three seconds by the liquid crystal phase modulator. We confirmed that this method was adequate for measuring eyes with large aberrations including keratoconic eyes. Finally, using the liquid crystal phase modulator, high resolution images of retinas could be obtained.     

Curvature sensor for the measurement of the static corneal topography and the dynamic tear film topography in the human eye

A system to measure the topography of the first optical surface of the human eye noninvasively by using a curvature sensor is described. The static corneal topography and the dynamic topography of the tear film can both be measured, and the topographies obtained are presented. The system makes possible the study of the dynamic aberrations introduced by the tear film to determine their contribution to the overall ocular aberrations in healthy eyes, eyes with corneal pathologies, and eyes wearing contact lenses.     

Individual eye model based on wavefront aberration

Based on the widely used Gullstrand-Le Grand eye model, the individual human eye model has been established here, which has individual corneal data, anterior chamber depth and the eyeball depth. Furthermore, the foremost thing is that the wavefront aberration calculated from the individual eye model is equal to the eye's wavefront aberration measured with the Hartmann-shack wavefront sensor. There are four main steps to build the model. Firstly, the corneal topography instrument was used to measure the corneal surfaces and depth. And in order to input cornea into the optical model, high-order aspheric surface-Zernike Fringe Sag surface was chosen to fit the corneal surfaces. Secondly, the Hartmann-shack wavefront sensor, which can offer the Zernike polynomials to describe the wavefront aberration, was built to measure the wavefront aberration of the eye. Thirdly, the eye's axial lengths among every part were measured with A-ultrasonic technology. Then the data were input into the optical design software–ZEMAX and the crystalline lens's shapes were optimized with the aberration as the merit function. The individual eye model, which has the same wavefront aberrations with the real eye, is established.     

Wavefront aberrations in the accommodated human eye based on individual eye model

In this research, we firstly construct individual eye models based on the wavefront and the measured cornea structure of the eyes. Then we analyze the influence of accommodation on the wavefront aberrations based on individual eye model. The individual eye model has the same wavefront aberration as that measured from Hartmann–Shack wavefront sensor. The optical design software ZEMAX is used to construct the individual eye models for 20 normal eyes. Accommodative conditions are from 0 to –4 diopter in steps of one diopter. The variations of the total, the spherical, the coma and the higher-order root-mean-square wavefront aberrations, as accommodations, are illustrated. Influence of accommodation on wavefront aberration varies from individual to individual, and the variation magnitude is independent of the magnitude of the wavefront aberration of the eye.     

Optical performance of the eye with progressive addition lens correction

The aim of this study was to simulate the retinal image of the eye with progressive addition lens (PAL), correction (without cylindrical component) and investigate its quality. The optical design and analysis software was used in simulation. The topographical data of the front surface of PAL were taken from the scanning profilometry. Also the coordinates of the points of the distant and near power measurements were taken from topographical measurements. The back surface was assumed to be spherical with a radius of curvature matched so that the optical power of PAL meets the data given by the manufacturer. In order to describe the retinal image quality, various metrics were calculated in comparison to the eye without correction.     

Measurement of Wavefront Aberration of Human Eye Using Talbot Image of Two-Dimensional Grating

The measurement of human ocular aberration is now frequently performed because of the increase in refractive surgery on the human cornea. The Hartmann-Shack (H-S) wavefront sensor is considered to be the most useful wavefront sensor, and a calculation method for wavefront aberration has been established. New methods of measuring wavefront aberrations of human eyes, using the Talbot image of a two-dimensional grating as a wavefront sensor and local shift of the Talbot image to calculate tilt of the wavefront are shown. The shift of the Talbot image was determined by comparing the phases of fundamental spatial frequency between the grating and the local patch of the Talbot image by Fourier transformation. The actual experiment was performed using a modified commercially available wavefront analyzer. Using these methods, Talbot images were obtained from model eyes and a human eye, and wavefront shapes were successfully reconstructed. Wavefront aberrations can be measured even when the obtained image is degraded by defocusing or scattering.     

泽尼克多项式校正全息阵列光镊像差的实验研究

像差会影响光镊对粒子的捕获效果. 全息阵列光镊中, 像差不仅来自光学元件, 由特定算法设计的光阱相位片也会在光路中引入像差. 本文通过液晶空间光调制器加载泽尼克多项式相位图, 对全息阵列光镊中由光栅透镜组型算法引起的像差进行校正. 结果显示: 利用三阶泽尼克多项式可有效消除光路中由光栅透镜组型算法引 起的慧差, 使得捕获2 μm聚苯乙烯小球的阵列光阱刚度提高了约40%; 对比不同项的像差校正结果发现, 全息阵列光镊中由算法引起的慧差 与光学元件引起的像差一样, 也会对阵列光阱的捕获效果产生较大影响; 同时根据一阶像差校正结果可得光栅透镜 组型算法对于一阶泽尼克像差具有鲁棒性. 实验结果表明, 对全息阵列光镊中由 算法引起的像差进行校正, 对于提高光阱的捕获效果和深化对算法特性的认识都具有重要意义.     

Contrast improvement of confocal retinal imaging by use of phase-correcting plates

We have developed a custom scanning laser ophthalmoscope that uses phase plates produced by photolithography to improve the contrast of human retinal images. We combined the scanning engine from a commercial real-time confocal microscope with custom optics to provide medium magnification imaging of the human retina (3 degrees field of view). Defocus and astigmatism were corrected with conventional trial lenses. Higher-order aberrations of the eye were corrected with a phase plate. A 633-nm laser was used for illuminating the retina. Inserting the phase plate into the optical system increased the contrast of a sample retinal vessel by 26%. Additionally, a number of small features of the retina, which were not visible with standard commercial imaging systems, became visible. There results illustrate that, with the rapid development of custom fabrication techniques for refractive corrections, improved diagnostic imaging with little added complexity to existing ophthalmic imaging systems may be realistic.     

Effect of crystalline lens surfaces and refractive index on image quality by model simulation analysis

The surfaces and refractive index of crystalline lens play an important role in the optical performance of human eye.On the basis of two eye models,which are widely applied at present,the effect of lens surfaces and its refractive index distribution on optical imaging is analyzed with the optical design software ZEMAX (Zemax Development Co.,San Diego,USA).The result shows that good image quality can be provided by the aspheric lens surfaces or (and) the gradient-index (GRIN) distribution.It has great potential in the design of intraocular lens (IOL).The eye models with an intraocular implantation are presented.     

Intraocular lens to correct corneal coma

We present a new methodology to obtain, to the best of our knowledge, the first intraocular lens (IOL) designed to balance the coma induced by the cornea due to the global ocular tilt. This lens is designed to mimic the situation naturally occurring in the normal healthy eye. The new proposed IOL provides an improved optical quality for all lens powers.     

基于波前像差的个性化人工晶体设计

在个性化人眼光学结构的基础上,运用ZEMAX软件的优化功能,设计了符合实际人眼光学特性的个性化人工晶体。该人工晶体不仅可以矫正离焦和像散,还引入了非球面可以矫正人眼的球差。文中将个性化人工晶体优化后得到的屈光度与经验公式计算得到的屈光度作了比较,在经验公式0.25D精确度的基础上有了提高,并直观地描述了个性化人工晶体植入前后人眼调制度和分辨率的变化情况。对样本人眼矫正后人眼分辨率最大变化由28 L/mm提高到118 L/mm,调制度由0.02提高至0.51。分析结果表明,个性化植入人工晶体的方法可以提高人眼矫正的精确度,不同人眼的波前特性不同,矫正效果也有相应的差异。