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Igarashi A, Tsuchiya A, Shimizu T, Yuda K, Kato N, Yamagami S, Hayashi T. Importance of Higher-Order Aberrations on Both Anterior and Posterior Surfaces After Pterygium Surgery. Cornea 2024:00003226-990000000-00538. [PMID: 38635475 DOI: 10.1097/ico.0000000000003550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2024] [Accepted: 03/13/2024] [Indexed: 04/20/2024]
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PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to investigate the changes in higher-order aberrations (HOAs), coma, and spherical aberrations (SAs) on the anterior, posterior, and total corneal surfaces after pterygium excision. METHODS In this single-center study, we examined 19 eyes of 15 patients who underwent pterygium excision at Yokohama Minami Kyosai Hospital between January 2017 and December 2017. We also evaluated 25 eyes of 25 age-matched patients with no history of ocular disease as the control group. Corneal topography, total HOAs, coma, and SAs in all regions at 4 and 6 mm diameters were evaluated using anterior segment optical coherence tomography (CASIA SS-1000, Tomey, Japan). The pterygium area and extent were also assessed. RESULTS Significant improvements in the HOAs, coma, and SAs at both diameters were observed in the total and anterior corneas from the first postoperative month. Notably, the posterior cornea showed significant improvements in HOAs (4 mm: P < 0.001 [log HOAs]; 6 mm: P = 0.001 [log HOAs]) and coma (4 mm: P = 0.003 [log coma], 6 mm: P = 0.002 [log coma]) within both diameters at 1 month postoperatively. A strong correlation was identified among the pterygium area, posterior HOAs, and coma (Spearman correlation = 0.651). Pterygium induced 2 D of astigmatism when extension exceeded 2.1 mm. CONCLUSIONS HOAs in both the anterior and posterior corneas improved after pterygium excision. This finding underscores the importance of considering corneal aberrations on both anterior and posterior surfaces in pterygium management.
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- Ami Igarashi
- Department of Ophthalmology, Department of Visual Sciences, Nihon University School of Medicine, Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Yokohama Minami Kyosai Hospital, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Department of Visual Sciences, Nihon University School of Medicine, Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Department of Visual Sciences, Nihon University School of Medicine, Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Department of Visual Sciences, Nihon University School of Medicine, Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan
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Devi P, Kumar P, Marella BL, Bharadwaj SR. Impact of Degraded Optics on Monocular and Binocular Vision: Lessons from Recent Advances in Highly-Aberrated Eyes. Semin Ophthalmol 2022; 37:869-886. [PMID: 35786147 DOI: 10.1080/08820538.2022.2094711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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PURPOSE Optical imperfections of the eye, characterized by higher-order wavefront aberrations, are exaggerated in corneal disease (e.g., keratoconus) and iatrogeny (e.g., keratorefractive surgery for myopia correction, keratoplasty for optical clarity restoration). This article reviews the recent advances on this topic for a comprehensive understanding of how optical degradations in disease models impact retinal image quality and monocular and binocular visual performance. METHODS Published literature over the last decade on retinal image quality and/or monocular and binocular visual functions with corneal irregularity was reviewed based on their relevance to the current topic, study population and strength of study design. The literature was summarized into four themes: 1) wavefront errors and retinal image quality of highly aberrated eyes, 2) monocular and binocular vision loss consequent to degraded optics and visual strategies to optimize performance, 3) impact of optical correction modalities on visual performance and 4) implications for clinical management of patients. RESULTS Across the 46 articles reviewed, the results clearly indicated that an increase in higher-order aberrations across these conditions had a significant negative impact on the patient's retinal image quality, and monocular and binocular visual functions. Interocular differences in retinal image quality deteriorated visual performance more than an overall worsening of image quality bilaterally. Minimizing optical degradation using rigid contact lenses and adaptive optics technology significantly improves retinal image quality and monocular and binocular vision, but performance remains sub-optimal relative to age-similar healthy controls. CONCLUSION Corneal disease and iatrogeny are useful models to understand the impact of optical degradation on retinal image quality and visual performance. Clinical management will greatly benefit from equalizing retinal image quality of both eyes of these patients. Future studies that deepen our understanding of the structure-function relation in these conditions are desirable for advancing vision science in this area and for developing novel clinical management strategies.
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- Preetirupa Devi
- Brien Holden Institute of Optometry and Vision Sciences, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India.,Prof Brien Holden Eye Research Centre, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India.,School of Health Sciences, Division of Optometry and Visual Sciences, City, University of London, London, UK
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- Brien Holden Institute of Optometry and Vision Sciences, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India.,Prof Brien Holden Eye Research Centre, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India.,School of Health Sciences, Division of Optometry and Visual Sciences, City, University of London, London, UK
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- Brien Holden Institute of Optometry and Vision Sciences, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India.,Prof Brien Holden Eye Research Centre, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India.,School of Health Sciences, Division of Optometry and Visual Sciences, City, University of London, London, UK
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- Brien Holden Institute of Optometry and Vision Sciences, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India.,Prof Brien Holden Eye Research Centre, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
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Barbero S, Bradley A, López-Gil N, Rubinstein J, Thibos L. Catastrophe optics theory unveils the localised wave aberration features that generate ghost images. Ophthalmic Physiol Opt 2022; 42:1074-1091. [PMID: 35620968 PMCID: PMC9543491 DOI: 10.1111/opo.13008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2021] [Revised: 04/29/2022] [Accepted: 04/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Monocular polyplopia (ghost or multiple images) is a serious visual impediment for some people who report seeing two (diplopia), three (triplopia) or even more images. Polyplopia is expected to appear if the point spread function (PSF) has multiple intensity cores (a dense concentration of a large portion of the radiant flux contained in the PSF) relatively separated from each other, each of which contributes to a distinct image. We present a theory that assigns these multiple PSF cores to specific features of aberrated wavefronts, thereby accounting optically for the perceptual phenomenon of monocular polyplopia. The theory provides two major conclusions. First, the most likely event giving rise to multiple PSF cores is the presence of hyperbolic, or less probably elliptical, umbilic caustics (using the terminology of catastrophe optics). Second, those umbilic caustics formed on the retinal surface are associated with certain points of the wave aberration function, called cusps of Gauss, where the gradient of a curvature function vanishes. However, not all cusps of Gauss generate those umbilic caustics. We also provide necessary conditions for those cusps of Gauss to be fertile. To show the potential of this theoretical framework for understanding the nature and origin of polyplopia, we provide specific examples of ocular wave aberration functions that induce diplopia and triplopia. The polyplopia effects in these examples are illustrated by depicting the multi-core PSFs and the convolved retinal images for clinical letter charts, both through computer simulations and through experimental recording using an adaptive optics set-up. The number and location of cores in the PSF is thus a potentially useful metric for the existence and severity of polyplopia in spatial vision. These examples also help explain why physiological pupil constriction might reduce the incidence of ghosting and multiple images of daily objects that affect vision with dilated pupils. This mechanistic explanation suggests a possible role for optical phase-masking as a clinical treatment for polyplopia and ghosting.
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- School of Optometry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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- Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Envejecimiento, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain
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- School of Optometry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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Effects of varying illumination on ocular aberrations and aberration compensation before and after small incision Lenticule extraction: a prospective cohort study. BMC Ophthalmol 2021; 21:336. [PMID: 34530754 PMCID: PMC8444602 DOI: 10.1186/s12886-021-02084-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2021] [Accepted: 08/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND There are few reports regarding the influence of varying illumination on the compensation effect before and after corneal refractive surgery. We aimed to evaluate the changes in refraction, higher-order aberrations, and aberration compensation between mesopic and photopic illumination before and after small incision lenticule extraction. METHODS In this prospective cohort study, only the right eyes of patients who underwent small incision lenticule extraction for the correction of myopia and myopic astigmatism at the Tianjin Eye Hospital were included. Wavefront refraction and higher-order aberrations were measured preoperatively and 3 months postoperatively under mesopic and photopic illumination. Compensation factors were calculated as 1 - (aberration of the whole eye/aberration of the anterior corneal surface). RESULTS Forty patients undergoing small incision lenticule extraction were enrolled. All surgeries were completed without postoperative complications. Preoperatively, the eyes only had a statistically significantly higher (t = - 4.589, p < .001) spherical refractive error under mesopic vs. photopic illumination (median [interquartile range], - 6.146 [2.356] vs. - 6.030 [2.619] diopters [D]), whereas postoperatively, the eyes also exhibited statistically significantly higher (t = - 3.013, p = .005) astigmatism (- 0.608 [0.414] vs. - 0.382 [0.319] D). Differences in spherical refraction between the two illuminations were the highest in postoperative eyes (Δ > 0.5 D). Only postoperative eyes exhibited statistically significant elevations (t ≥ 4.081, p < .001) in higher-order aberrations under mesopic illumination, and only preoperative eyes exhibited statistically significantly enhanced (χ2 = 6.373, p = .01 for fourth-order and χ2 = 11.850, p = .001 for primary spherical aberrations) and decreased (χ2 = 13.653, p = .001 for horizontal trefoil) compensation factors under mesopic illumination. CONCLUSIONS Exaggerations in higher-order aberrations and myopic shift after small incision lenticule extraction became apparent under mesopic illumination. Slight undercorrection may have an enhanced effect under low illumination and may reduce night vision. The specific changes in compensation effects in preoperative eyes may improve optical quality under mesopic illumination. Postoperative eyes have reduced compensation ability, specifically for spherical aberrations, under mesopic illumination, which may diminish night vision. Further studies that include the measurement of subjective night vision parameters should be conducted.
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Iterative-Trained Semi-Blind Deconvolution Algorithm to Compensate Straylight in Retinal Images. J Imaging 2021; 7:jimaging7040073. [PMID: 34460523 PMCID: PMC8321324 DOI: 10.3390/jimaging7040073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2021] [Revised: 04/13/2021] [Accepted: 04/14/2021] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The optical quality of an image depends on both the optical properties of the imaging system and the physical properties of the medium in which the light travels from the object to the final imaging sensor. The analysis of the point spread function of the optical system is an objective way to quantify the image degradation. In retinal imaging, the presence of corneal or cristalline lens opacifications spread the light at wide angular distributions. If the mathematical operator that degrades the image is known, the image can be restored through deconvolution methods. In the particular case of retinal imaging, this operator may be unknown (or partially) due to the presence of cataracts, corneal edema, or vitreous opacification. In those cases, blind deconvolution theory provides useful results to restore important spatial information of the image. In this work, a new semi-blind deconvolution method has been developed by training an iterative process with the Glare Spread Function kernel based on the Richardson-Lucy deconvolution algorithm to compensate a veiling glare effect in retinal images due to intraocular straylight. The method was first tested with simulated retinal images generated from a straylight eye model and applied to a real retinal image dataset composed of healthy subjects and patients with glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy. Results showed the capacity of the algorithm to detect and compensate the veiling glare degradation and improving the image sharpness up to 1000% in the case of healthy subjects and up to 700% in the pathological retinal images. This image quality improvement allows performing image segmentation processing with restored hidden spatial information after deconvolution.
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Maehara S, Itoh Y, Kurimoto W, Kitamura Y, Ito Y, Hayashi M, Masuko A. Effects of pupil size on canine visual evoked potential with pattern stimulation. J Vet Med Sci 2020; 82:922-925. [PMID: 32435005 PMCID: PMC7399322 DOI: 10.1292/jvms.20-0169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of pupil diameter on canine visual evoked potentials with pattern stimulation (P-VEP). Atropine eye drop (1.0%) was applied to both eyes as a cycloplegic drug, and tafluprost eye drop (0.015%) was applied to one eye that was selected randomly for miosis (miosis group). The other eye did not receive tafluprost (mydriasis group). P-VEP was recorded at three pattern sizes. The P100 implicit time at a small pattern size in the mydriasis group was significantly prolonged compared to the miosis group. We hypothesized that the prolonged P100 implicit time under mydriatic conditions was due to increased spherical aberrations and concluded that mydriatic conditions affected P100 implicit time in canine P-VEP recordings.
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- Seiya Maehara
- Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, 582 Bunkyodai-Midorimachi, Ebetsu, Hokkaido 069-8501, Japan
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- Department of Veterinary Ophthalmology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Okayama University of Science, 1-3 Ikoinooka, Imabari, Ehime, 794-8555, Japan
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- Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, 582 Bunkyodai-Midorimachi, Ebetsu, Hokkaido 069-8501, Japan
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- Yakumo Animal Hospital, 91, Shinonome-cho, Yakumo-cho, Hokkaido 049-3105, Japan
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- Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, 582 Bunkyodai-Midorimachi, Ebetsu, Hokkaido 069-8501, Japan
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- Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, 582 Bunkyodai-Midorimachi, Ebetsu, Hokkaido 069-8501, Japan
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- Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, 582 Bunkyodai-Midorimachi, Ebetsu, Hokkaido 069-8501, Japan
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Du W, Lou W, Wu Q. Personalized aspheric intraocular lens implantation based on corneal spherical aberration: a review. Int J Ophthalmol 2019; 12:1788-1792. [PMID: 31741870 DOI: 10.18240/ijo.2019.11.19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2018] [Accepted: 08/28/2019] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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With the evolution of cataract surgery from visual rehabilitation to refractive surgery, aspheric intraocular lenses (IOLs) are being increasingly used in the field of ophthalmology. This increased use can be attributed to negative or zero spherical aberrations with unique optical designs, which counteract some of the positive spherical aberrations of the cornea. These alterations reduce the total spherical aberration of human eyes and improve the visual acuity in patients with cataract postoperatively. At present, various types of aspheric IOLs are used worldwide. Although the implantation of aspheric IOL is beneficial to the patients who need correction of spherical aberrations, much controversy is still associated with ocular residual spherical aberrations that facilitate the best visual quality for patients postoperatively. In order to provide reference for future clinical work and scientific research, this report reviews the relationship between the ocular residual spherical aberration of human eyes and visual quality.
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- Wei Du
- Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai 200233, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai 200233, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai 200233, China
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Putnam NM, Vasudevan B, Juarez A, Le CT, Sam K, de Gracia P, Hoppert A. Comparing habitual and i. Scription refractions. BMC Ophthalmol 2019; 19:49. [PMID: 30755182 PMCID: PMC6373049 DOI: 10.1186/s12886-019-1053-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2018] [Accepted: 01/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Many patients voice concerns regarding poor night vision, even when they see 20/20 or better in the exam room. During mesopic and scotopic conditions the pupil size increases, increasing the effects on visual performance of uncorrected (residual) refractive errors. The i.Scription refraction method claims to optimize traditional refractions for mesopic and scotopic conditions, by using the information that the Zeiss i.Profilerplus gathers of ocular aberrations (low and high order). The aim of this study was to investigate any differences between habitual and i.Scription refractions and their relationship to night vision complaints. METHODS Habitual, subjective, and i.Scription refractions were obtained from both eyes of eighteen subjects. Low and high order aberrations of the subjects were recorded with the Zeiss i.Profilerplus. The root mean square (RMS) metric was calculated for small (3 mm) and maximum pupil sizes. Subjects rated their difficulty with driving at night on a scale of 1-10. RESULTS There was a statistically significant difference between the habitual and i.Scription refractions on both the sphere and cylinder values [(t = 3.12, p < 0.01), (t = 5.39, p < 0.01)]. The same was found when comparing the subjective and i.Scription refractions [(t = 2.31, p = 0.03), (t = 2.54, p = 0.02)]. There were no significant differences found when comparing the sphere and cylinder values between the habitual and subjective refractions or on any combination of spherical equivalent refraction. The maximum pupil size of the subject population on this study, measured with the i.Profilerplus, was 4.8 ± 1.04 mm. Ten out of the eighteen subjects had discomfort at night with an average magnitude of 4 ± 2.7. Ratings of difficulty with night vision correlated with the change in spherical equivalent correction between the habitual and i.Scription refractions (p = 0.01). A sub-analysis of myopic subjects (n = 15) showed an increase in the significance of this relationship (p = 0.002). CONCLUSIONS The i.Scription method improves night vision by correcting the sphere and cylinder more precisely. There was a correlation between the amount of change in the cylinder value between habitual and i.Scription prescriptions and the magnitude of the reported visual discomfort at night.
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- Nicole M. Putnam
- Midwestern University, College of Optometry, 19555 N 59th Ave, Glendale, Arizona 85308 USA
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- Midwestern University, College of Optometry, 19555 N 59th Ave, Glendale, Arizona 85308 USA
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- Midwestern University, College of Optometry, 19555 N 59th Ave, Glendale, Arizona 85308 USA
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- Midwestern University, College of Optometry, 19555 N 59th Ave, Glendale, Arizona 85308 USA
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- Midwestern University, College of Optometry, 19555 N 59th Ave, Glendale, Arizona 85308 USA
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- Midwestern University, College of Optometry, 19555 N 59th Ave, Glendale, Arizona 85308 USA
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- Midwestern University, College of Optometry, 19555 N 59th Ave, Glendale, Arizona 85308 USA
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