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Cataract, Intraocular Lenses & Optical Quality

Research connecting optical characterization and clinical evaluation of cataract technologies and intraocular lenses.

  • Cataract surgery
  • Intraocular lenses
  • Monofocal optics
  • Multifocal optics
  • EDOF technologies
  • Toric lenses
  • Optical quality
  • Visual quality
  • Aberrations
  • Contrast sensitivity
  • Photic phenomena
  • Neuroadaptation
  • Posterior capsule opacification
  • Glistenings
  • IOL stability

The question

How do the optical properties of intraocular lenses measured on the bench translate into real visual performance and patient experience?

Why it matters

Cataract surgery is the most frequently performed surgical procedure in medicine. Understanding the optics of implanted lenses directly shapes the visual outcome of millions of patients.

Our approach

Optical bench characterisation under simulated physiological conditions is paired with prospective clinical evaluation of visual and optical quality, photic phenomena and neuroadaptation.

Translational impact

Independent, reproducible evidence on lens performance that supports clinical decision-making and technology development.

Technologies & methods

  • Optical Bench

    Optical bench characterisation

    Characterisation of intraocular and contact lenses — monofocal, multifocal, toric and EDOF optics — under simulated physiological conditions.

  • Visual & Optical Quality

    High-resolution aberrometry

    Wavefront characterisation of ocular and device-induced aberrations under controlled conditions.

  • Visual & Optical Quality

    Contrast sensitivity, light distortion & photic phenomena

    Psychophysical measurement of visual performance, halo and glare under photopic and mesopic conditions.

  • Ocular Imaging

    Optical biometry & ultrasound biomicroscopy

    Axial and segmental ocular measurement supporting lens calculation and device positioning studies.

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Projects

    Selected publications

    [PLACEHOLDER] Selected publications for this research area will be listed here from the shared publications database. No references have been invented.