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ISRS: International Society of Refractive Surgery

Faktorovich, Femtodynamics

Journal of Refractive Surgery
  Vol. 20   No. 5   September/October 2004


Letters to the Editor

Editorial:
On What Information Do Ophthalmologists Base Their Clinical Practice?
George O. Waring III, MD, FACS, FRCOphth

Original Articles:
Comparison of Corneal Flap Thickness Between Primary and Fellow Eyes Using Three Microkeratomes
Gabi Shemesh, MD; Igal Leibovitch, MD and Isaac Lipshitz, MD

Prospective Randomized Comparison of Wavefront-guided and Conventional Photorefractive Keratectomy for Myopia With the Meditec MEL 70 Laser
Leonardo Mastropasqua, MD; Mario Nubile, MD; Marco Ciancaglini, MD; Lisa Toto, MD and Enzo Ballone, MD

Bilateral Comparison of Wavefront-guided Versus Conventional Laser in situ Keratomileusis With Bausch and Lomb Zyoptix
Tae-im Kim, MD; Seung-jae Yang, MD and Hungwon Tchah, MD

Wavefront-guided Ablation With Bausch and Lomb Zyoptix for Retreatments After Laser in situ Keratomileusis for Myopia
Jorge Castanera, MD, PhD; Alicia Serra, MD and Carlos Rios, OD

One-year Results of Photorefractive Keratectomy With and Without Surface Smoothing Using the Technolas 217C Laser
Sebastiano Serrao, MD, PhD and Marco Lombardo, MD

Smoothing of the Ablated Porcine Anterior Corneal Surface Using the Technolas Keracor 217C and Nidek EC-5000 Excimer Lasers
Marco Lombardo, MD and Sebastiano Serrao, MD, PhD

Very High Frequency Ultrasound Biometry of the Anterior and Posterior Chamber Diameter
Mark J. Rondeau; György Barcsay, MD, PhD; Ronald H. Silverman, PhD; Dan Z. Reinstein, MD, MA(Cantab), FRCSC; Rupa Krishnamurthy, MD; Almira Chabi, MD; Ted Du, MD and D. Jackson Coleman, MD

New Formula to Calculate Corneal Power After Refractive Surgery
Giuseppe Ferrara, MD; Gilda Cennamo, MD; Giuseppe Marotta, MD and Ettore Loffredo, MD

Astigmatic Power Calculations for Intraocular Lenses in the Phakic and Aphakic Eye
Edwin J. Sarver, PhD and Donald R. Sanders, MD, PhD

Correlation of Changes in Refraction and Corneal Topography After Photorefractive Keratectomy
Nicola Rosa, MD; Dario Furgiuele, MD; Michele Lanza, MD; Luigi Capasso, MD and Antonio Romano, MD

Normal Values for Photopic and Mesopic Letter Contrast Sensitivity
María Cinta Puell, PhD; Catalina Palomo, MD; Celia Sánchez-Ramos, PhD and Consuelo Villena, PhD

Proceedings:
Introduction


Single-value Metrics of Wavefront Aberration— Are We There Yet?
Konrad Pesudovs, PhD

Improving Visual Function Diagnostic Metrics With the Use of Higher-order Aberration Information From the Eye
Charles Campbell, BS

The Importance of the Phase Transfer Function to Visual Function and Visual Quality Metrics
Edwin J. Sarver, PhD and Raymond A. Applegate, OD, PhD

Measuring Visual Acuity—Mesopic or Photopic Conditions, and High or Low Contrast Letters?
Konrad Pesudovs, PhD; Jason D. Marsack, MS; William J. Donnelly III, MS; Larry N. Thibos, PhD and Raymond A. Applegate, OD, PhD

Quantifying Scatter in Shack-Hartmann Images to Evaluate Nuclear Cataract
William J. Donnelly III, MS; Konrad Pesudovs, PhD; Jason D. Marsack, MS; Edwin J. Sarver, PhD and Raymond A. Applegate, OD, PhD

Vision Improvement by Correcting Higher-order Aberrations With Phase Plates in Normal Eyes
Geunyoung Yoon, PhD; Tae Moon Jeong, PhD; Ian G. Cox, PhD and David R. Williams, PhD

Method of Determining a Patient’s Subjective Refraction Based on Objective Measurement
Shui Lai, PhD; Noriko Gomez and Jianping Wei, PhD

Unresolved Issues in the Prediction of Subjective Refraction From Wavefront Aberration Maps
Larry N. Thibos, PhD

Advantages and Disadvantages of the Zernike Expansion for Representing Wave Aberration of the Normal and Aberrated Eye
Stephen D. Klyce, PhD; Michael D. Karon, PhD and Michael K. Smolek, PhD

Ablation Design in Relation to Spatial Frequency, Depth-of-focus, and Age
W. Neil Charman, PhD, DSc

Transferring Wavefront Measurements Into Corneal Ablations: An Overview of Related Topics
Michael Mrochen, PhD; Michael Bueeler, MSE; Hans Peter Iseli, MD; Farhad Hafezi, MD, PhD and Theo Seiler, MD, PhD

Custom Phototherapeutic Keratectomy With Intraoperative Topography
Paolo Vinciguerra, MD and Fabrizio I. Camesasca, MD

Wavefront-guided Laser Epithelial Keratomileusis With the WaveLight Concept System 500
Christoph Winkler von Mohrenfels, MD; Andrea Huber, MA; Bernhard Gabler, MD; Wolfgang Herrmann, MD; Alexander Kempe; Christof Donitzky and Chris P. Lohmann, MD, PhD

Effect of Higher-order Wavefront Aberrations on Binocular Summation
Han-Bor Fam, FRCSE and Kooi-Ling Lim, BOptom

Corneal Thickness and Elevation Maps Computed From Optical Rotary Scans
Sandra Franco; José B. Almeida, PhD and Manuel Parafita, PhD

Corneal Asphericity and Retinal Image Quality: A Case Study and Simulations
Seema Somani, PhD; K. Ashley Tuan, OD, PhD and Dimitri Chernyak, PhD

Special Section:
Introduction to Commercially Approved Wavefront-guided Custom Ablation: Second Year in Review


Understanding Pre-market Approval and Labeling Differences of Two Leading Customized Ablation Platforms: A Call for Reform at the FDA
Brian S. Boxer Wachler, MD and James A. Hiatt, MD

The Pupil is a Moving Target: Centration, Repeatability, and Registration
Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD

The Theoretical Effect of Measured Wavefront Diameter on Estimating Peripheral Wavefront Data
Roger Steinert, MD

Contralateral Comparison of Alcon CustomCornea and VISX CustomVue Wavefront-guided Laser in situ Keratomileusis: One-month Results
Stephen Slade, MD, FACS

Wavefront-guided Laser in situ Keratomileusis With the Alcon CustomCornea and the VISX CustomVue: Three-month Results
Shady T. Awwad, MD; Mohamed El-Kateb, MD; R. Wayne Bowman, MD; H. Dwight Cavanagh, MD, PhD and James P. McCulley, MD, FACS, FRCOphth

Randomized Comparison of Custom Laser in situ Keratomileusis With the Alcon CustomCornea and the Bausch & Lomb Zyoptix Systems: One-month Results
Daniel S. Durrie, MD and Jason Stahl, MD

Expanded Range CustomCornea Algorithms for Myopia and Astigmatism: One-month Results
Francesco Carones, MD; Luca Vigo, MD; Elena Scandola, MD and Sergio G. Sorace, MD

Alcon CustomCornea Wavefront-guided Retreatments After Laser in situ Keratomileusis
Maria Regina Chalita, MD; Meng Xu, MS and Ronald R. Krueger, MD, MSE