Table 1. Comparison of the mouse eye and human eye optics parameters*.

	Dilated pupil size (mm)	f (mm)	Total eye power	Average refractive error	Average retinal thickness (mm)	Power needed to section the retina	P-V Zernike defocus needed to section the retina**
Human	8.0	16.7	60 D	~0 to +1 D [26,27]	0.25	0.7 D	5.5 µm
Mouse	2.0	1.9	520 D	+7 to +15 D [16,28,29] −7 to −11 D [15]	0.22	49.5 D	25 µm

*Mouse eye focal length in air (f), total eye power and average retinal thickness are calculated from average data for 100 days old C57BL/6 mice [28]. Human eye optics parameters are taken from the Gullstrand-LeGrand Eye Model [30].

**P-V: peak-to-valley.