APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING SUBJECTIVE RESPONSES USING OBJECTIVE CHARACTERIZATION OF VISION BASED ON WAVEFRONT SENSING

摘要

An apparatus for determining the refraction of a patient's eye includes a wavefront measurement device that determines aberrations in a return beam from the patient's eye viewing a target through a corrective test lens in the apparatus. The wavefront measurement device preferably outputs an display representative of the quality of vision afforded the patient through the test lens. The display may be, e.g., a representation of a Snellen chart convolved with the optical characteristics of the patient's vision, an overall quality of vision scale, or the optical contrast function, all of which are based on the wavefront measurements of the patient's eye. The examiner may use the display information to conduct a refraction examination or other vision tests without the subjective response from the patient.