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CHAPTER 6<br />

is detected. Therefore, in this case we used the Pentacam fitting routines. We studied<br />

the agreement between the radii of curvature <strong>and</strong> asphericity obtained by our fitting<br />

procedure <strong>and</strong> those obtained by Pentacam’s software (see below).<br />

6.4. RESULTS<br />

6.4.1. Validation of the ANTERIOR surface<br />

Table 6.1 shows the nominal <strong>and</strong> measured radii of curvature of glass spherical<br />

models. Anterior radii of curvature were estimated within an accuracy of 0.04 mm<br />

with respect to the nominal values of the reference spheres, being typically slightly<br />

underestimated. Asphericity was -0.02 0.22 on average, close to the expected value<br />

(zero) for a sphere, although the variability was high. Astigmatism was higher than<br />

expected (power 0.32 0.27, on average), but with r<strong>and</strong>om angle, indicating that there<br />

are not predominant orientations, <strong>and</strong> that the average surface is a sphere, as expected.<br />

The repeated measurements on the 7.93 mm plastic surface provided similar results<br />

(although the cylindrical geometry of the piston produced unwanted reflections that<br />

prevented from systematic measurements in all samples).<br />

Table 6.1. Validation of Pentacam measurements for ANTERIOR radius.<br />

Table 6.2. Validation of Pentacam measurements for POSTERIOR radius.<br />

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