Artificial eye for in vitro experiments of laser light interaction with aqueous media

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 88-94

  Cain, Clarence P ^a   Noojin, Gary D ^a   Hammer, Daniel X ^b   Thomas, Robert J ^b   Rockwell, Benjamin A ^b  

^a TASC   (United States)

^b Air Force Materiel Command   (United States)

Author keywords

Breakdown; Eye; Focusing; Imaging; Laser; Optics

Indexed keywords

MACACA MULATTA;

EID: 0002436739     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.261683     Document Type: Article

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