A comparison of in‐air and in‐saline focimeter measurement of the back vertex power of spherical soft contact lenses

Citation information: RM Pearson & BJW Evans. A comparison of in‐air and in‐saline focimeter measurement of the back vertex power of spherical soft contact lenses. Ophthalmic Physiol Opt 2012, 32, 508–517. doi: 10.1111/j.1475‐1313.2012.00932.x

[1]  A. Ho,et al.  Osmolality and buffering agents in soft contact lens packaging solutions. , 2004, Contact lens & anterior eye : the journal of the British Contact Lens Association.

[2]  C. Woods,et al.  Measurement of the Refractive Index of Soft Contact Lenses During Wear , 2010, Eye & contact lens.

[3]  M. Refojo,et al.  Refractive index and equilibrium water content of conventional and silicone hydrogel contact lenses , 2006, Ophthalmic & physiological optics : the journal of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians.

[4]  J. Bernardes,et al.  The limits of agreement and the intraclass correlation coefficient may be inconsistent in the interpretation of agreement. , 2011, Journal of clinical epidemiology.

[5]  Richard M Pearson.  Aspects of wet cell measurement of back vertex power of contact lenses , 2008, Clinical & experimental optometry.

[6]  D. Altman,et al.  STATISTICAL METHODS FOR ASSESSING AGREEMENT BETWEEN TWO METHODS OF CLINICAL MEASUREMENT , 1986, The Lancet.

[7]  C. Woods.  Verification of the vertex powers of varifocal rigid contact lenses. , 2003, Contact lens & anterior eye : the journal of the British Contact Lens Association.

[8]  K Linnet,et al.  Limitations of the paired t-test for evaluation of method comparison data. , 1999, Clinical chemistry.

[9]  David A. Berntsen,et al.  The assessment of automated measures of hydrogel contact lens refractive index , 2003, Ophthalmic & physiological optics : the journal of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians.

[10]  Caroline Sabin,et al.  Medical Statistics at a Glance , 2000 .

[11]  N. Tahhan,et al.  Power Profiles and Short-Term Visual Performance of Soft Contact Lenses , 2005, Optometry and vision science : official publication of the American Academy of Optometry.

[12]  A. Beckett,et al.  AKUFO AND IBARAPA. , 1965, Lancet.

[13]  M. E. R. Real Oliveira,et al.  The effect of lens wear on refractive index of conventional hydrogel and silicone-hydrogel contact lenses: a comparative study. , 2008, Contact lens & anterior eye : the journal of the British Contact Lens Association.

[14]  S. Patel,et al.  An improved immersion method of soft lenspower assessment Part I: Theoretical consideration Part II: Accuracy of manufacturers stated power Part III: Measured power change due to flexure with control over lens back curvature and hydration , 1985 .

[15]  Tony Hough,et al.  Inter-laboratory reproducibility of power measurement of toric hydrogel lenses using the focimeter and the Moiré deflectometer , 1996 .

[16]  M. Daimon,et al.  Measurement of the refractive index of distilled water from the near-infrared region to the ultraviolet region. , 2007, Applied optics.

[17]  Douglas G. Altman,et al.  Measurement in Medicine: The Analysis of Method Comparison Studies , 1983 .

[18]  I. Nikolov,et al.  Analysis of the dispersion of optical plastic materials , 2007 .

[19]  A Hough.  Soft bifocal contact lenses: the limits of performance. , 2002, Contact lens & anterior eye : the journal of the British Contact Lens Association.