Abstract

The appearance of images through a multifocal intraocular lens (IOL) was simulated. The optical transfer function (OTF) of a model eye containing the multifocal lens was measured and divided by the OTF of the model eye with a monofocal IOL. This ratio was used to filter digital images, generating simulations that represent the retinal images seen through a multifocal intraocular lens when viewed through an eye with a monofocal lens. A dichoptic side-by-side display was used to present the original image to one eye, implanted with the multifocal lens, while the other eye, implanted with monofocal lens, viewed the simulations and variations on the simulations to derive a point of subjective equivalence. Four subjects with such bilateral lens implants were tested for near and distance vision. The results validate the test methodology and the simulations. Referenced to the nominal theoretical filter, the prediction was within a 0.25-diopter (D) blur for distance simulation and within a 0.50-D blur for the near-vision simulation.

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