Effective optical and treatment zone analysis by means of cross-over differences after lenticule extraction

Purpose: To determine the size of the effective optical and treatment zones after lenticule extraction procedures. Design: Retrospective case series. Methods: A fully automated method to determine the boundaries of the optical and treatment zones of a lenticule of tissue extracted from a cornea has...

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Main Authors: Hamed Haidari, Victor Derhartunian, Thomas Magnago, Maren-Christina Lengle, Samuel Arba-Mosquera
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Published: Elsevier 2025-01-01
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844025003998
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author Hamed Haidari
Victor Derhartunian
Thomas Magnago
Maren-Christina Lengle
Samuel Arba-Mosquera
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Thomas Magnago
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description Purpose: To determine the size of the effective optical and treatment zones after lenticule extraction procedures. Design: Retrospective case series. Methods: A fully automated method to determine the boundaries of the optical and treatment zones of a lenticule of tissue extracted from a cornea has been developed, in which the boundaries of the corrected area are derived from differences between post and preoperative maps of several corneal metrics by determining the smallest cross-over point along each semi-meridian. Results: The method has been applied to a pilot cohort of 84 eyes, clinical data showing average diameters of 6.56 ± 0.46 mm [5.25 to 7.51] and 8.49 ± 0.56 mm [6.58 to 9.52] for tangential anterior curvature and corneal thickness, respectively. Conclusions: The method provides a reliable and objective way to determine the size of a lenticule of tissue extracted from a cornea and it can be applied to any topo- or tomographic derived metric. Translational relevance: To determine the size of the effective optical and treatment zones after laser vision correction, a fully automated method was developed. The method is simple to implement and can be used to determine the actual size of a corneal correction and help titrating the planned size. The advantages of this algorithm over existing methods are its objectivity; automation; speed; resolution, accuracy and precision; the free-form boundary determination; and finally its support in determining centration and circularity.
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spelling doaj-art-6be8d7d564d54294ab96a7c9749a1bfb2025-02-02T05:28:48ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402025-01-01112e42019Effective optical and treatment zone analysis by means of cross-over differences after lenticule extractionHamed Haidari0Victor Derhartunian1Thomas Magnago2Maren-Christina Lengle3Samuel Arba-Mosquera4Technische Hochschule Aschaffenburg University of Applied Sciences (student), Aschaffenburg, D-63743, Germany; SCHWIND eye-tech-solutions, Kleinostheim, D-63801, GermanyEYELASER WIEN, Wien, D-1010, AustriaSCHWIND eye-tech-solutions, Kleinostheim, D-63801, GermanySCHWIND eye-tech-solutions, Kleinostheim, D-63801, GermanySCHWIND eye-tech-solutions, Kleinostheim, D-63801, Germany; Corresponding author.Purpose: To determine the size of the effective optical and treatment zones after lenticule extraction procedures. Design: Retrospective case series. Methods: A fully automated method to determine the boundaries of the optical and treatment zones of a lenticule of tissue extracted from a cornea has been developed, in which the boundaries of the corrected area are derived from differences between post and preoperative maps of several corneal metrics by determining the smallest cross-over point along each semi-meridian. Results: The method has been applied to a pilot cohort of 84 eyes, clinical data showing average diameters of 6.56 ± 0.46 mm [5.25 to 7.51] and 8.49 ± 0.56 mm [6.58 to 9.52] for tangential anterior curvature and corneal thickness, respectively. Conclusions: The method provides a reliable and objective way to determine the size of a lenticule of tissue extracted from a cornea and it can be applied to any topo- or tomographic derived metric. Translational relevance: To determine the size of the effective optical and treatment zones after laser vision correction, a fully automated method was developed. The method is simple to implement and can be used to determine the actual size of a corneal correction and help titrating the planned size. The advantages of this algorithm over existing methods are its objectivity; automation; speed; resolution, accuracy and precision; the free-form boundary determination; and finally its support in determining centration and circularity.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844025003998
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title_fullStr Effective optical and treatment zone analysis by means of cross-over differences after lenticule extraction
title_full_unstemmed Effective optical and treatment zone analysis by means of cross-over differences after lenticule extraction
title_short Effective optical and treatment zone analysis by means of cross-over differences after lenticule extraction
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