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. 2020 Jan 2;20:4. doi: 10.1186/s12886-019-1297-5

Table 1.

Seidel refraction and Seidel aberrations coefficients with and without the horizontal slit, and the amount of change in the setting of an analysis pupil diameter of 6 mm and a slit size of 2 mm

Emmetropia − 1.50 D WTR − 3.00 D WTR − 1.50 D ATR − 3.00 D ATR
No slit Slit Change No slit Slit Change No slit Slit Change No slit Slit Change No slit Slit Change
Spherical (D) −0.11 0.14 0.25 −0.28 1.21 1.49 −0.31 0.46 0.77 −0.29 −0.74 −0.45 −0.25 −0.60 −0.35
Cylindrical (D) −0.06 −0.47 −0.41 − 1.44 −3.55 −2.11 −2.88 −3.99 −1.11 − 1.48 −0.15 1.33 − 2.85 − 2.03 0.82
SEQ (D) −0.14 − 0.10 0.05 −1.00 −0.57 0.44 −1.75 −1.54 0.22 −1.03 −0.82 0.22 −1.68 −1.62 0.06
Focus (μm) −0.49 0.61 1.10 −1.25 5.44 6.69 −1.37 2.06 3.43 −1.32 −3.33 −2.01 −1.14 −2.71 −1.57
Astigmatism (μm) −0.70 −2.11 −1.41 −6.49 −15.96 −9.47 −12.95 −17.94 −4.99 −6.66 −0.69 5.97 −12.81 −9.15 3.66
HOA (μm) 0.05 0.18 0.13 0.04 0.66 0.62 0.05 0.39 0.34 0.04 0.52 0.48 0.04 0.22 0.18
TA (μm) 0.32 0.30 −0.02 1.83 0.59 −1.24 3.51 1.16 −2.35 1.85 2.21 0.36 3.41 3.91 0.50
TA at 67 cm (μm) 1.82 0.62 −1.20 2.73 2.14 −0.59
TA at 33 cm (μm) 3.43 1.97 −1.46 3.59 0.57 −3.02

D = diopter; WTR = with-the-rule; ATR = against-the-rule; SEQ = spherical equivalent; HOA = high-order aberrations; TA = total aberrations

Cylinder axis is WTR in emmetropia, − 1.50 D WTR, and − 3.00 D WTR astigmatism and is ATR in − 1.50 D ATR and − 3.00 D ATR astigmatism