Table 1.
Radius of curvature, mm | Conic constant | Refractive index | Distance, mm | |
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Spectacles | ||||
Anterior surface | (Variable) | –(1/ncorr) (Zadnik, Barr, & Edrington, 1998) | 1.510 | 2.000 |
Posterior surface | 100 | –(ncorr/nair) (Zadnik, Barr, & Edrington, 1998) | 1.000 | 12.000 |
Scleral lenses | ||||
Anterior surface | (Variable) | –(1/ncorr) (Zadnik, Barr, & Edrington, 1998) | 1.415 | 0.300 |
Posterior surface | 7.20 | –(ncorr/ntears) (Zadnik, Barr, & Edrington, 1998) | 1.3368 (Patel, Boyd, & Burns, 2000) | 0.325 |
ncorr = refractive index of corrective lens; ntears = refractive index of tear fluid; nair = refractive index of air.