Simplified system of Purkinje image photography for phakometry

Am J Optom Physiol Opt. 1988 Nov;65(11):905-8. doi: 10.1097/00006324-198811000-00008.

Abstract

Phakometry is a technique for measurement of the crystalline lens radii of curvature, usually involving photography of the Purkinje images. We have devised a system of comparison phakometry using commercially available camera equipment. This paper contains a description of the apparatus, technique, and necessary calculations. Reliability of the method is discussed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Equipment Design
  • Humans
  • Lens, Crystalline / physiology*
  • Optics and Photonics / instrumentation*
  • Photography
  • Refractive Errors / diagnosis*