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17 March 2003
Business Week Magazine
Why Settle for 20/20?
A new diagnostic tool and laser surgery promise eagle vision
By Adam Aston in New York

Sometime in the 13th century, the first ungainly pair of spectacles were placed over squinting eyes. Since then the lenses have grown thinner, and the spectacles more elegant. But even amid radical innovations, including contact lenses and laser surgery, techniques for measuring visual acuity have failed to keep pace.

Now the science of vision measurement and correction is set to push beyond the familiar 20/20 line on eye charts to a benchmark described as "eagle vision." The basis for this shift is a powerful diagnostic technology known as wavefront analysis, which gives doctors a new window into the imperfections of the human eye. Paired with laser vision surgery--and, in time, with implantable, light-tunable lenses--the technology will enable physicians to customize laser treatments, yielding unparalleled results. "We're embarking on a monumental paradigm shift," says Dr. Steven C. Schallhorn, at the Navy's Refractive Surgery Center in San Diego.

Such shifts are always accompanied by risks. Fresh in the minds of many practitioners are the injuries, lawsuits, and bankruptcies caused by the unchecked explosion of laser surgery in the late 1990s.

Nevertheless, wavefront technology has already sparked a lot of excitement--in part because of