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Monday, October 16, 2006

New technology maps out your eyes, helps both you and your doctor see better

VIDEO: Focus on Health

We all know that a person's fingerprint is unique to them but did you know you also have a unique eye print? New technology is making it possible for doctors to map the eye and help you see better.

"When I put the lenses on, to me it was the difference between regular TV and High Definition TV, it was that much better," Optometrist Lilien Vogel said.

Dr. Lillien Vogl is talking about the "Z-view Abberometer," A new way to measure the eye in order to get a more precise prescription.

"We have always known that there are other things other aberrations or distortions that can effect that person's prescription, but we never could measure them before until the Z Aberrometer came out," Dr. Vogl said.

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For more information on the iZon technology and lenses refer to the website or see your nearest practitioner for a referral. Or you can visit the American Academy of Ophthamology link .

A patient still gets a regular eye exam but if they have trouble seeing at night or objects seem fuzzy, they'll also get screened with the Z-View.

"What it does is take a laser beam of light and shines it through that person's eye and looks at how that laser beam of light is affected by the different structures of the eye and how it is altered," Dr. Vogl said.

Julie Call tried it.

"I do see clearer. I see much sharper. I see clearer, I see further," patient, Julie Call said.

Driving at night is easier and the glare is gone.

"It is a very personalized prescription so that I know that I'm getting the best that I can see out of these glasses."

Once doctors look at the Z-view printout, they write the personalized prescriptions. Then I-Zon lenses are custom made.

"Patients have really loved it. Some of them have said they've never seen that well in their whole lives," Dr. Lillien Vogl said.

And it could mean seeing the world a whole lot brighter.

The folks behind this technology hope to apply it to contact lenses in the future.

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