Comparative study of laser damage threshold energies in the artificial retina

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 337-344

  Payne, Dale J ^a   Hopkins Jr , Richard A ^a   Eilert, Brent G ^a   Noojin, Gary D ^b   Stolarski, David J ^b   Thomas, Robert J ^b   Cain, Clarence P ^b   Hengst, Gordon T ^a   Kennedy, Paul K ^a   Jost, Thomas R ^a   Rockwell, Benjamin A ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b TASC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; CAVITATION; LASER PULSES; LASER TISSUE INTERACTION; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION;

ARTIFICIAL RETINA; RAYLEIGH RANGES; RETINAL PIGMENTED EPITHELIUM;

LASER DAMAGE;

EID: 0032599388     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.429935     Document Type: Article

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