• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.145-156
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• 2006

In the field of ophthalmology, many diagnostic instruments based on optical technology have been developed, such as refractometer, keratometer, corneal mapper, tonometer, fundus camera, slit lamp, laser scan ophthalmoscope and optical coherence tomography. Among them, the refractometer that is used for measuring the refractive power of the human eye has the long research history and various types have been developed. However the efforts to realize more accurate and precise measurement are still in progress. The wavefront analyzer commercialized in recent years is an excellent outcome of such efforts. In this paper, a brief account of the developmental history of various refractometers including the wavefront analyzer is summarized, and the underlying measurement principle is introduced in the view of optics. Finally, the technical issues that should be solved for getting better performance are discussed.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.695-698
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• 2002

최근 시각 관련 측정기 개발에 대한 관심이 높아지고 있다. 이에 본 연구는 자동 시각 굴절력 곡률계의 전자 부문에 연동될 굴절력 측정 알고리즘을 개발하였다. 만약 자동화된 시스템이 광학계로부터 나오는 영상을 이용하여 내부 처리를 거친 후 정확한 시각 측정치를 검사자에게 알려줄 수 있다면 잘못 측정되는 측정 횟수를 크게 줄일 수 있을 것이다. 본 연구는 형태학적 필터링(morphological filtering)과 그레이-레벨의 신호 강조(signal enhance) 기술들을 이용하여 자동 시각 굴절력 측정 시스템에 연동될 측정 알고리즘을 개발하였다. 알고리즘에서는 광학계로부터, 도출된 영상으로부터 첫째로 형태학적 필터링 처리를 행하여 처리가 어려운 원 영상을 좀 더 다루기 쉬운 상태로 바꿔준 후 영상에 가해주는 그레이 수준 한계 기법을 통해 신호를 강조함으로써 영상의 그레이 값 분포가 다양함으로 인해서 발생되는 오차를 줄이게 된다. 그리하여 본 전자 부문 소프트웨어는 정확한 측정값 도출이 어려운 시각 영상에 적용되어 효과적으로 오차를 줄임으로써 보다 효율적인 시각 측정을 가능하게 하였다.

• Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.145-150
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• 1998

To 160 persons(90 men, 70 women) who went to the national hospital of Solok-island with Hansens's disease, I tested the objective refracts test with the product of Cannon Ltd. Co. which RK-3 Auto Ref-keratometer's auto ophthalmoscope. The results were like these. Visual acuity of above 0.7 that can live without glasses was contained 44 men's eyes(24.4%) and 19 women s eyes(13.6%). These result are indicated that men have had more good visual acuity than women. Visual acuity of below 0.6 that cannot do normal life was contained 80.3% of the total patients. And amblyopia of below 0.3 and eyes which cannot be corrected were shown 44.4%(80 men's eyes and 55.7% 78 woman's eyes). Myopia was contained 119 eyes(43), hyperopia was contained 139 eyes (50.4%) and emmetropia was 6.5%. Astigmatism was shown 136 men s eyes (86.6%) and 97 women's eyes(81.5%). These results are indicated what many people accompany with astigmatism. And these ratio had some high percentages men rather than women. Direct astigmatic was contained 37 eyes (11.6%), Indirect astigmatic 81 eyes(25.3%) and Oblique Astigmatic 115 eyes(35.9%). As a of distributed result oblique astigmatic occupied best high point as 49.4% in 233 astigmatism and distributed the opposite direction as compared with normal irregular emmetropia not patient.

• Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
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• v.1 no.2
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• pp.71-76
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• 1996

As the results of measurement of the radius of corneal curvature with keratometer, for the right eye of 91 male adults, horizontal radius is 7.16 mm to 8.49 mm and vertical radius is 7.03 mm to 8.34 mm, and for the left eye of male adults, horizontal radius is 7.10 mm to 8.48 mm and vertical radius is 7.01 mm to 8.24 mm. In case of 61 female adults, horizontal radius is 7.16 mm to 8.45 mm, vertical radius 7.11 mm to 8.18 mm for the right eye, and horizontal radius 7.15 mm 108.43 mm and vertical radius 7.01 mm to 8.26 mm for the left eye. The mean value of radius of corneal curvature is 7.74 mm for male and 7.69 mm for female. Also the mean value of horizontal radius is 7.79 mm and vertical radius is 7.64 mm. Overall mean value of the radius of corneal curvature is 7.71 mm that is corresponded to Gullstrand's eye. The horizontal radius is 0.15 mm bigger than vertical radius.

• Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.105-109
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• 2014

Purpose: To compare the change of visual acuity and NIBUT after watching smart-phone in 1 hour under low intensity of illumination. Methods: 50 subjects (male 22, female 28) aged 20's years old ($20.7{\pm}2.4$ years) who do not have eye disease and have a good eye condition were participated for this study. Objective refraction, corrected distance visual acuity and NIBUT were measured before and after watching smart-phone (Galaxy 2, Samsung, KOREA) under low intensity of illumination (0 lx.) Objective refraction was carried out using auto-chart project (CP-1000, Dongyang, Korea), phoropter (VT-20, Dongyang, Korea) and auto refractor-keratometer (MRK-3100, Huvitz, Korea). Results: Refractive error was changed from $-3.20{\pm}2.00$ D to $-3.38{\pm}2.00$ D (p=0.006) and corrected distance visual acuity was changed from $0.93{\pm}0.08$ to $0.91{\pm}0.10$ (p=0.000) and NIBUT was changed from $10.48{\pm}7.00$ seconds to $10.29{\pm}6.47$ seconds (p=0.761) before and after watching smart-phone under low intensity of illumination. Conclusions: Continuous watching smart-phone under low intensity of illumination lead to temporal change of distance visual acuity and suitable rest may reduce the influence of distance visual acuity and tear safety.

• Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.89-93
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• 2002

The physiology and morphology of cornea has effected on the ocular refractive status. Therefore the measurement of the anterior corneal surface by keratometer is used the treatment of the spectacles and contact lens by optician, optometrist, and ophthalmologist. Furthermore, currently the most corneal topographic mapping system have used the clinical optical shop, eye research center, and eye hospital. Because this method have a very fine data comparative to the previous instrument. The authors have measurement the cornea of the man college students by the corneal topographic mapping method. Especially this data will applied the clinical practice for the contact lens fitting. Especially in Korea, many man college students use the contact lens for the visual acuity and a beauty. Therefore the contact lens wear have increase per every year.

• Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.7-14
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• 1999

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the relationship between ocular components and refractive error for human eye. Ocular components were measured by keratometry, phakometry, and ultrasonography. Refractive error was measured by subjective refraction on 38 subjects aged from 17 to 30. The results were as follows; 1) Refractive error and axial length, vitreous chamber depth, axial length/corneal radius were highly correlated that the correlation coefficients were 0.95, 0.96, 0.95, respectively. 2) Refractive error and corneal radius, corneal power, lens thickness were correlated with the correlation coefficients for 0.60, 0.66, 0.67 respectively. 3) There were no significant correlation between refractive error and corneal thickness.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2001.10b
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• pp.430-432
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• 2001

일반적으로 안과 의사들과 안경사 등을 포함하는 시각 관련 전문가들은 시력 피검자에 대한 굴절력 측정시 약 30% 이상의 오류율을 가진다고 한다. 이는 검사를 행하는 전문가의 비 숙련도에 기인한다기보다는 그만큼 시각 관련 측정이 유동적이고 민감해서 정확한 측정값을 얻어내는 것이 어렵다는 것을 말해주는 것이다. 만약 자동화된 시스템이 광학계로부터 나오는 영상을 이용하여 내부 처리를 거친 후 정확한 시각 측정치를 검사자에게 알려줄 수 있다면 잘못 측정되는 측정 횟수를 크게 줄일 수 있을 것이다. 본 연구는 형태학적 필터링(morphological filtering)과 그레이-레벨의 신호 강조(signal enhance) 기술들을 이용한 자동 시각 굴절력 측정 시스템을 개발하였다. 본 시스템에서는 광학계로부터 도출된 영상으로부터 첫째로 형태학적 필터링 처리를 행한다. 이 과정은 처리가 어려운 원 영상을 좀 더 다루기 쉬운 상태로 바꿔주는 역할을 하게 된다. 둘째는 일차 처리된 영상에 가해주는 그레이 수준 한계 기법을 통한 신호 강조 기법으로서 이는 영상의 그레이 값 분포가 다양함으로 인해서 발생되는 오차를 줄이기 위해서 사용된다. 그리하여 본 시스템은 정확한 측정값 도출이 어려운 시각 영상에 적용되어 효과적으로 오차를 줄임으로써 보다 효율적인 시각 측정을 가능하게 하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.691-694
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• 2002

본 논문은 자동 시각 굴절력 곡률계의 전자 부문에 연동될 곡률 측정 알고리즘을 소개한다. 만약 자동화된 시스템이 광학계로부터 나오는 영상을 이용하여 내부 처리를 거친 후 정확한 시각 측정치를 검사자에게 알려줄 수 있다면 잘못 측정되는 측정 횟수를 크게 줄일 수 있을 것이다. 본 연구는 형태학적 필터링(morphological filtering)과 그레이-레벨의 신호 강조(signal enhance) 기술들을 이용하여 자동 시각 굴절력 곡률계에 연동될 각막 곡률과 굴절력 측정 알고리즘을 개발하였다. 알고리즘에서는 광학계로부터 도출된 링 모양 광원의 화상을 처리하기 위해서 새로운 방법을 사용하는 대신에 구면 굴절력 측정을 위해서 6 개의 점으로 구성된 화상을 처리하는 방식으로 변형 적용시킨다. 이 때 링의 띠를 6 개의 덩어리 점으로 변형하는 과정만을 제외하면 구면 굴절력 영상을 처리하는 방식과 같게 된다. 이는 알고리즘의 간결화와 측정 시간을 줄이는 효과를 얻게 된다. 그리하여 본 각막 측정 알고리즘은 정확한 측정값 도출이 어려운 시각 영상에 적용되어 효과적으로 오차를 줄임으로써 보다 효율적인 각막 측정을 가능하게 하였다.

• Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.275-280
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• 2006

For this study, we analysed the difference of values between noncycloplegic and cycloplegic autorefraction in primary school children. We classified the elementary school one, two, three grade (8~10age) 79children(158eyes) who did not have strabismus or amblyopia. They were examined by using the Autorefractor in domestic market before and after cycloplegic. Discrepancies beyond 0.50D in spherical and cylindrical power and 20 degree in cylindrical axis were regarded as significant. The percentages of discrepancy were greater in spherical power between noncydoplegic and cycloplegic autorefraction(p<0.05). The percentages of discrepancy were not greater in cylindrical power between noncycloplegic and cycloplegic autorefraction. The percentages of discrepancy were greater in cylindrical axis between noncydoplegic and cycloplegic autorefraction(p<0.05). In conclusion, for the primary school children who did not wear glasses, the prediction table of this study will be helpful to reduce the test error in visual acuity and refractive error tests.