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Estimating principal plane positions for ocular power calculations in children and adults
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Purpose To develop an age-dependent model to estimate the positions of the ocular and lenticular principal planes (pps) for use in ocular and axial power calculations. Methods Ocular power of the eye (P-eye) and axial power (P-ax) were calculated based on previously published average data of the ocular biometry and refraction in newborn infants, children and adults, as well as the associated pp positions. Next, regressions of the pp positions were made as a function of the logarithm of age, which were subsequently used to estimate P-eye and P-ax. These regression-based estimates were compared with the original data for validation. Finally, this procedure was repeated using the Atchison myopic eye model to determine the influence of myopia on the regression estimates. Results In adults, the corneal pps almost coincide at 0.058 mm in front of the cornea. The first lenticular pp position relative to the corneal apex is described by the equation: 5.809 - 0.697 center dot exp(-0.211 center dot Age) (r(2) = 0.96), and the second lenticular pp by 6.026 - 0.684 center dot exp(-0.232 center dot Age) (r(2) = 0.95). The first ocular pp position relative to the corneal apex is at 0.293 center dot exp(-0.232 center dot Age) - 2.2 center dot 10(-3)center dot Age + 1.723 (r(2) = 0.99) and the second ocular pp is located at 0.392 center dot exp(-0.181 center dot Age) - 2.4 center dot 10(-3)center dot Age + 2.093 (r(2) = 0.99). Estimates of P-eye and P-ax derived from these regressions led to minor differences from the original values (0.00 +/- 0.06D and 0.00 +/- 0.10D, respectively). These errors were not affected by ocular refraction between -10D and 0D, with errors of + 0.12 +/- 0.00D and -0.02 +/- 0.05D for P-eye and P-ax, respectively. Conclusion The proposed regression models of the pp positions are sufficiently accurate to estimate P-eye and P-ax reliably. Interestingly, although the adult lens undergoes considerable physiological changes, its pps remain fixed with respect to the corneal apex.
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English
Source (journal)
Ophthalmic and physiological optics. - Guildford
Publication
Hoboken : Wiley , 2021
ISSN
0275-5408
DOI
10.1111/OPO.12781
Volume/pages
41 :2 (2021) , p. 409-413
ISI
000604641400001
Pubmed ID
33399238
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