Estimating the dynamics of aberration components in the human eye

To provide adequate information that would assist surgeons in performing advanced refractive corrections, it is essential to address the problem of microfluctuations in the eye's aberrations due to pulse and respiration. Although the effects of fluctuations in defocus are known and well described, very little is reported on modelling the fluctuations in other types of aberrations. We propose a methodology in which the dynamics of higher order aberration components are modelled by parametric AM-FM signals. Using our modelling approach, the effects of changes in these aberrations could be predicted and studied. In particular, we model the dynamics of components related to coma and spherical aberration. We provide a validation of the proposed modelling approach using aberration data from the eyes of six subjects.