Wavefront technology was developed by astronomers who through the use of adaptive optics were able to view stars with ground-based Keck telescopes with clarity nearly equal to the Hubble Space Telescope. The technology was designed to eliminate the irregularities and distortions of the Earth’s atmosphere to provide increased clarity to images viewed through ground-based telescopes.

With this same technology, the doctors at Silverstein Eye Centers can obtain a wavefront map of an individuals visual system. This wavefront map is a measurement of a group of light rays as they travel through the optical system of the human eye.

Custom LASIK represents the very latest in LASIK technology and a growing number of doctors throughout the country are now offering this option to patients. Custom LASIK is based upon the very unique visual characteristics of your eye. Up until now, with glasses, contacts and conventional corrections were quite similar for each type of prescription.

During Custom LASIK, Wavefront LASIK technology measures the eye from front to back to create a three-dimensional corneal map. The Wavefront LASIK device collects information by using light reflected off the retina and through the pupil, and into the device, creating your unique map reflecting your lower or higher order aberrations. A patient’s unique visual irregularities are contained in this map, which is then sent to the laser via computer. The Wavefront map effectively guides the laser in customizing the treatment to your individual visual irregularities, producing a truly personalized LASIK treatment.

Custom LASIK offers the following advantages:
Greater chance of achieving 20/20 vision
Greater chance of achieving better than 20/20 vision
Reduced chance of losing best corrected vision
Reduced chance of losing visual quality or contrast sensitivity
Reduced chance of night-vision disturbances and glare
Potential also exists for custom LASIK to treat those people who have lost best-corrected vision from any refractive surgery

Normal Eye	Eye With An Aberration