We present an algorithm to process images of reflected Placido rings captured by a commercial videokeratoscope. Raw data are obtained with no Cartesian to polar coordinates conversion, thus avoiding interpolation and associated numerical artefacts. The method provides a characteristic equation for the device and is able to process around 6 times more corneal data than the commercial softwares. Our proposal allows complete control over the whole process from the capture of corneal images until the computation of curvature radii.