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

Table 2.

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 4 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) −0.17 −0.06 0.11 −0.32 0.36 0.68 −0.31 0.04 0.35 −0.56 −0.62 −0.06 −0.51 −0.53 −0.02
Cylindrical (D) −0.17 −0.20 −0.03 −1.48 −2.03 −0.55 −2.81 −3.18 −0.37 −1.46 −1.12 0.34 −2.80 −2.50 0.30
SEQ (D) −0.26 −0.16 0.10 −1.06 −0.66 0.41 −1.72 −1.55 0.17 −1.29 −1.18 0.11 −1.91 −1.78 0.13
Focus (μm) −0.35 −0.12 0.23 −0.64 0.73 1.37 −0.63 0.09 0.72 −1.13 −1.28 −0.15 −1.01 −1.21 −0.20
Astigmatism (μm) −0.33 −0.40 −0.07 −2.97 −4.05 −1.08 −5.62 −6.36 −0.74 −2.91 −2.23 0.68 −5.61 −5.01 0.60
HOA (μm) 0.02 0.15 0.13 0.04 0.18 0.14 0.04 0.12 0.08 0.04 0.14 0.10 0.04 0.08 0.04
TA (μm) 0.14 0.17 0.03 0.82 0.51 −0.31 1.54 1.09 −0.45 0.85 0.98 0.13 1.50 1.61 0.11
TA at 67 cm (μm) 0.81 0.49 −0.32 1.22 1.01 −0.21
TA at 33 cm (μm) 1.51 0.81 −0.70 1.61 0.52 −1.09

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