New web-based algorithm to improve rigid gas permeable contact lens fitting in keratoconus

New web-based algorithm to improve rigid gas permeable contact lens fitting in keratoconus

Highlights • The fitting of GP lenses in keratoconus is challenging for eye care practitioners. • A new algorithm is developed to select the initial diagnostic lens in keratoconus. • This algorithm is included in the website www.calculens.com. • Calculens improves the results provided by the manufac...

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Veröffentlicht in:Contact lens & anterior eye 2017-06, Vol.40 (3), p.143-150
Hauptverfasser: Ortiz-Toquero, Sara, Rodriguez, Guadalupe, de Juan, Victoria, Martin, Raul
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
Adult
Algorithm
Algorithms
Contact lens
Contact Lenses
Cornea - pathology
Corneal Topography
Equipment Design
Female
Gas permeable
Humans
Internet
Keratoconus
Keratoconus - diagnosis
Keratoconus - rehabilitation
Male
Middle Aged
Ophthalmology
Prospective Studies
Refraction, Ocular
Retrospective Studies
Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:Highlights • The fitting of GP lenses in keratoconus is challenging for eye care practitioners. • A new algorithm is developed to select the initial diagnostic lens in keratoconus. • This algorithm is included in the website www.calculens.com. • Calculens improves the results provided by the manufacturer and software fitting. • Calculens will reduce practitioner and patient chair time in keratoconus GP fittings.
ISSN:1367-0484
1476-5411
DOI:10.1016/j.clae.2016.12.009