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CHAPTER 2<br />

+2.50 D, placed right after the collimation lens of the scanner, with its axis<br />

perpendicular to the line joining the mirrors of the scanner (axis at 0º), minimized the<br />

astigmatism. We then estimated the residual astigmatism by measuring the aberrations<br />

of an unaberrated artificial eye. We computed the value of the astigmatism from the<br />

2<br />

2<br />

coefficients Z <strong>and</strong><br />

2 Z (oblique <strong>and</strong> perpendicular astigmatism, respectively) using<br />

2<br />

the equation:<br />

4<br />

Astigmatism(<br />

D)<br />

<br />

2<br />

2 2<br />

Z<br />

6 Z<br />

<br />

2<br />

2 2 6<br />

R pupil<br />

(2.3)<br />

where R pupil is the radius of the measured pupil. We obtained a value of 0.18±0.03<br />

D (mean <strong>and</strong> std across 5 measurements). This value (through the corresponding<br />

Zernike coefficients) was subtracted from the astigmatism obtained in the<br />

measurements.<br />

We verified that the sampling pattern selected using the control software was<br />

precisely delivered, by projecting the beams on a screen at the pupilary plane <strong>and</strong><br />

analyzing the images captured by the pupul camera. The mean deviation from the<br />

expected position (±st<strong>and</strong>ard deviation) across all 37 spot positions was 0.05 (±0.04)<br />

mm; 0.08 (±0.05) mm <strong>and</strong> 0.03 (±0.02) mm for X <strong>and</strong> Y coordinates, respectively.<br />

These differences are smaller than those typically resulting in real eye measurements<br />

due to eye movements, <strong>and</strong> below the variability of the measurement. We checked that<br />

these differences do not affect significantly the estimation of aberrations in real eyes<br />

(Llorente et al., 2007).<br />

Measured defocus<br />

Trial lens power<br />

Fig. 2. 29. Validation of the defocus compensation.<br />

The correct delivery of the samples on the pupil plane is crucial to obtain a<br />

reliable measurement. For this reason, a routine to perform quick real time verification<br />

of the pattern sampling the pupil plane (“test LRT”) was included in the control<br />

software (see Section 2.3.2.4). This routine involves a real-time test of the position of<br />

the actual laser spot locations, which must fall within the red circles plotted in the<br />

pupillary images (see Fig 2.23), corresponding to the exact sampling locations.<br />

Finally, to make sure that the processing program was correct, we confirmed that<br />

when computing transverse ray aberrations from the wave aberration (obtained after<br />

processing the experimental data), the corresponding spot diagram positions computed<br />

matched the spot diagram obtained experimentally.<br />

The Badal system included in the set up to compensate for the subject’s ametropic<br />

error was also calibrated. Moving the translational stage with two mirrors (Focusing<br />

Block) introduces a change in vergence that, for a focal length of 100 mm for each<br />

90

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