Myopic versus hyperopic eyes: axial length, corneal shape and optical aberrations

L Llorente, S Barbero, D Cano, C Dorronsoro… - Journal of …, 2004 - jov.arvojournals.org
This study investigated differences in geometrical properties and optical aberrations
between a group of hyperopes and myopes (age-matched 30.3±5.2 and 30.5±3.8 years old …

Hyperopia is predominantly axial in nature

NC Strang, KL Schmid, LG Carney - Current eye research, 1998 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose. Myopia has been found to be predominantly axial in nature, ie myopic eyes have
longer than normal axial lengths, with corneal radius variations having only a small …

Age-related changes in optical and biometric characteristics of emmetropic eyes

DA Atchison, EL Markwell, S Kasthurirangan… - Journal of …, 2008 - jov.arvojournals.org
We measured optical and biometric parameters of emmetropic eyes as a function of age.
There were approximately 20 subjects each in age groups 18–29, 30–39, 40–49, 50–59 …

Monochromatic aberrations of the human eye and myopia

WCK Kwan, SP Yip, MKH Yap - Clinical and Experimental …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Background: The relationship between monochromatic aberrations of the human eye and
myopia has been investigated extensively over the past decade or so but the results are …

[HTML][HTML] Total ocular, anterior corneal and lenticular higher order aberrations in hyperopic, myopic and emmetropic eyes

K Philip, A Martinez, A Ho, F Conrad, J Ale, P Mitchell… - Vision Research, 2012 - Elsevier
Total ocular higher order aberrations and corneal topography of myopic, emmetropic and
hyperopic eyes of 675 adolescents (16.9±0.7 years) were measured after cycloplegia using …

[HTML][HTML] Higher-order aberrations in myopic eyes

F Karimian, S Feizi, A Doozande - Journal of Ophthalmic & Vision …, 2010 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose To evaluate the correlation between refractive error and higher-order aberrations
(HOAs) in patients with myopic astigmatism. Methods HOAs were measured using the …

[HTML][HTML] Characteristics of peripheral refractive errors of myopic and non-myopic Chinese eyes

X Chen, P Sankaridurg, L Donovan, Z Lin, L Li… - Vision research, 2010 - Elsevier
Interest in peripheral refractive errors has increased as it was hypothesized that peripheral
hypermetropia might provide a stimulus for axial elongation (Smith et al., 2005), this study …

[HTML][HTML] Peripheral optical errors and their change with accommodation differ between emmetropic and myopic eyes

L Lundström, A Mira-Agudelo, P Artal - Journal of vision, 2009 - iovs.arvojournals.org
The progression of myopia is thought to be controlled by the retinal image quality, but its
triggering factors are not yet well known. The differences between the peripheral optics in …

[HTML][HTML] Eye shape in emmetropia and myopia

DA Atchison, CE Jones, KL Schmid… - … & visual science, 2004 - jov.arvojournals.org
Abstract purposes. To determine axial, vertical, and horizontal eye dimensions in myopic
and emmetropic eyes by using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and to relate these to …

Influence of accommodation on off-axis refractive errors in myopic eyes

A Whatham, F Zimmermann, A Martinez… - Journal of …, 2009 - jov.arvojournals.org
Introduction: This study aims to understand off-axis refraction during accommodation and to
identify whether the relative hyperopia generally observed in myopic eyes changes with …