Publications

Below are a sampling of published papers for a variety of eye care studies. Please feel free to contact us for more information about published studies

Refractive Surgery

Contrast Sensitivity and Glare Disability After Radial Keratotomy and Photorefractive Keratotomy. A Ghaith, J Daniel, R Stulting, K Thompson, M Lynn, MS. Arch Ophthalmol. Vol. 116, 1998

Ocular Higher-Order Aberrations and Contrast Sensitivity after Conventional Laser In Situ Keratomeuesis. N Yamane, K Miyata, T Samej, T Hiraoka,T Kiuchi, F Okamoto, Y Hirohara, T Mihashi, T Oshika. Invest Ophthal and Vis Sci. Vol 45, # 11, 2004.

Topography-Guided LASIK Enhancements. A. Kanellopoulos, L. Pe. Cataract and Refractive Surgery Today. Feb 2005

Improved contrast sensitivity and visual acuity after wavefront-guided laser in situ keratomileusis: In-depth statistical analysis. Kuang-mon, A Tuan, J Liang. J Cataract and Refractive Surgery. Vol 32. Feb 2006

Incidence and Outcomes of Optical Zone Enlargement and Recentration After Previous Myopic LASIK by Topography-Guided Custom Ablation. D. Z. Reinstein, et al. J Refractive Surgery. 34:2, 2018.

Refractive and Visual Outcomes of SMILE for Compound Myopic Astigmatism With the VISUMAX 800. D. Z. Reinstein, et al. J Refractive Surgery. 39:5, 2023.

IOL Evaluation

Aspheric intraocular lenses enhance contrast sensitivity. R Montes-Mico and T Ferrer-Blasco. Expert Rev. Ophthalmol. Vol 2 (5), 2007.

Contrast Sensitivity and glare disability after implantation of AcrySof IQ Natural aspheric intraocular lens: prospective randomized masked clinical trial. D Pandita, SM Raj, VA Vasavada, NS Kazi, AR Vasavada. J Cataract Refract Surg. Vol 33 (4), 2007.

Comparison of Contrast Sensitivity after Angle-Supported, Iris Fixated and Posterior Chamber Phakic Intraocular Lens Implantation in High Myopia. A Yu, Q Wang, A Xue, S Zhu, S Wang, Y Chen, J Sun. Ophthalmologica. Vol 222, 2008.

Visual outcomes after bilateral trifocal diffractive intraocular lens implantation. J Carballo-Alvarez, J Vazquez-Molini, J Sanz-Fernandez, J Garcia-Bella, V Polo, J García-Feijoo, J Martinez-de-la-Casa. BMC Ophthalmology. 15:26, 2015.

Clinical Outcomes with a New Design in Multifocal Intraocular Lens: A Pilot Study. J. L. Alió et al. Eye and Vision. 7:38, 2020.

Visual Performance of a Polynomial Extended Depth of Focus Intraocular Lens. P Stodulka and M Slovak. Open Journal of Ophthalmology.11:3, 2021.

Visual Outcomes, Footplate Position and Vault Achieved with the Visian Implantable Collamer Lens for Myopic Astigmatism. D. Z. Reinstein, R. S. Vida1, T. J Archer. Clinical Ophthalmology. 15, 2021.

Cataract Evaluation

Effect of Cataract Type and Severity on Visual Acuity and Contrast Sensitivity. J Heravian, A Derakhshan, A Deneshyar, A Azimi, H Moghaddam, A Yekta, S Hoseini, H Esmaily. Journal of Ophthalmic and Vision Research. Vol 6(1), 2011.

Study on Visual Quality After Cataract Surgery and Goniosynechialysis in Patients with Primary Angle-Closure Glaucoma and Cataracts. M. Chen, J. Li, Q. Chen and Y. Zhao. Clinical Ophthalmology. 2025.

Diabetes

Evaluation of Contrast Sensitivity, Color Vision and Visual Acuity in Patients with and Without Diabetes. J J Heravian, N Shoeibi, A Azimi, S Yasini, H Moghaddam, A Yekta, H Esmaily. Iranian Journal Ophthalmol. Vol 22 (3), 2010.

Contrast Sensitivity Loss is Coupled With Capillary Dropout in Patients with Diabetes. O Arend, A Remky, D Evans, R Stuber, A Harris. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. Vol 98 (9), 1997.

The Contrast Sensitivity Test in Early Detection of Ocular Changes in the Relation to Type I Diabetes Mellitus Compensation in Children, Teenagers and Young Adults. K Jan, A Michal, B Renata, C IIone, D Zdenek, L Jan, P Konstantinos, S Petr, R Ludmila. Recent Patents on Inflamm Allergy Drug Discovery. Vol 1, 2007.

Quantity and Quality of Vision Using Tinted Filters in Patients with Low Vision Due to Diabetic Retinopathy. N Sadeghpour, A Alishiri, R Ajudani, M Khosravi, M Amiri, O Sadeghpour. J Ophthalmic Vis Res. Vol 10 (4). 2015.

Achromatic and chromatic contrast discrimination in patients with type 2 diabetes. Li-Ting Tsai et al. Nature: Scientific Reports. 13:7420, 2023.

Glaucoma

Test-Retest Reliability of the CSV-1000 Contrast Test and Its Relationship to Glaucoma Therapy. G Pomerance, D Evans. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. Vol. 35 (9), 1994.

Hypercapnia invokes an acute loss of contrast sensitivity in untreated glaucoma patients. S Hosking, D Evans, S Embleton, B Houde, J Amos, J Bartlett. Br J Ophthalmol. Vol 85, 2001.

Hemodynamic and Visual Function Effects of Oral Nifedipine in Patients with Normal Tension Glaucoma. A Harris, D Evans, L Cantor, B Martin. Amer J Ophthalmol. Vol 124, 1997.

Contrast Sensitivity Improves Following Brimonidine Therapy in Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma: A Case for Neuroprotection? D Evans, D Gherghel D, J Bartlett, S Hosking . Brit J Ophthalmol. Vol 87, 2003.

Improvement of Spatial Contrast Sensitivity Threshold after Surgical Reduction of Intraocular Pressure in Unilateral High-Tension Glaucoma. S Gandolfi, L Cimino, C Sangermani, N Ungaro, P Mora, M Tardini. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. Vole 46 (1), 2005

The coma in glaucoma: Retinal ganglion cell dysfunction and recovery. L. E. Fry et al. Progress Retinal Eye Res. 65, 2018.

Association of ocular blood flow and contrast sensitivity in normal tension glaucoma. D. Kuerten et al. Graefe’s Archive for Clin Experimental Ophthal: Basic Science. 259, 2021.

Study on Visual Quality After Cataract Surgery and Goniosynechialysis in Patients with Primary Angle-Closure Glaucoma and Cataracts. M. Chen, J. Li, Q. Chen and Y. Zhao. Clinical Ophthalmology. 2025.

Contact Lenses

Comparison of Contrast Sensitivity in Different Soft Contact Lenses and Spectacles. B Boxer Wachler, C Phillips, D Schanzlin, R Krueger. Contact Lens Assoc of Ophthalmol. Vol 25, 1999.

Football players’ contrast sensitivity comparison when wearing amber sport-tinted or clear contact lenses. E Porisch. Amer Optom Assoc. Vol 78, 2007.

Evans Letter Contrast Test (ELCT)

Assessment of Evans letter contrast sensitivity in measuring log contrast sensitivity. P Davey, R Maeda, A Seitz. ARVO Abstract 2015. (Click Here for Poster Presentation)

Multiple Sclerosis

Subclinical Visual Involvement in Multiple Sclerosis: A Study by MRI, VEPs, Frequency-Doubling Perimetry, Standard Perimetry and Contrast Sensitivity. D Sisto, M Trojano, M Vertugno, T Trabucco, G Illiceto, C Sborgia. Invest Ophthal Vis Sci. Vol 46, 2005.

Neurological Disorders

Visual Quality of Life in Veterans With Blast-Induced Traumatic Brain Injury. S Lemke, G Cockerham, C Glynn-Mille, K Cockerham. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2013;131(12):1602-1609.

Ophthalmologic Psychophysical Tests Support OCT Findings in Mild Alzheimer’s Disease. E Salobrar-Garcia, R de Hoz, B Rojas, A Ramirez, J Salazar, R Yubero, P Gil, A Triviño, J Ramirez. J Ophthalmology. 2015.

Sports Vision

Football players’ contrast sensitivity comparison when wearing amber sport-tinted or clear contact lenses. E Porisch. Amer Optom Assoc. Vol 78, 2007.

Macular Degeneration

Double-masked, placebo-controlled, randomized trial of lutein and antioxidant supplementation in the intervention of atrophic age-related macular degeneration: the Veterans LAST study (Lutein Antioxidant Supplementation Trial). S Richer, W Stiles, L Statkus, J Pulido, J Frankowski, D Rudy, K Pei, M Tsipursky, J Nyland. Optometry. Vol 75, 2004

Visual Function and Macular Carotenoid Changes in Eyes with Retinal Drusen—An Open Label Randomized Controlled Trial to Compare a Micronized Lipid-Based Carotenoid Liquid Supplementation and AREDS-2 Formula. P Davey, T Henderson, D Lem, R Weis, S Amonoo-Monney and D Evans. Nutrients. 12, 1321, Oct 26, 2020.

Aging

Age-related change in contrast sensitivity among Australian male adults: Florey Adult Male Ageing Study. D Sia, S Martin, G Wittert, R Casson. Acta Ophthalmol. Vol 91(4), 2013

Original Background Studies

Contrast Sensitivity Predicts Age-Related Differences in Highway-Sign Discrimination. David Evans and Arthur Ginsburg. Human Factors. Vol 27(6), 1985.