Application of 3-dimensional printing technology to construct an eye model for fundus viewing study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To construct a life-sized eye model using the three-dimensional (3D) printing technology for fundus viewing study of the viewing system.

Methods

We devised our schematic model eye based on Navarro's eye and redesigned some parameters because of the change of the corneal material and the implantation of intraocular lenses (IOLs). Optical performance of our schematic model eye was compared with Navarro's schematic eye and other two reported physical model eyes using the ZEMAX optical design software. With computer aided design (CAD) software, we designed the 3D digital model of the main structure of the physical model eye, which was used for three-dimensional (3D) printing. Together with the main printed structure, polymethyl methacrylate(PMMA) aspherical cornea, var

SUBMITTER: Xie P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4230932 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature