Endoilluminators: Evaluation of potential retinal hazards

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1648-1653

  Miller, Sharon A ^a   Landry, Robert J ^a   Byrnes, Gordon A ^b,c  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Retina Group of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRRADIATION; LIGHT EMISSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL DEVICES; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATION HAZARDS; SURGERY;

ENDOILLUMINATORS; RETINAL HAZARDS; RETINAL PHOTIC INJURY;

LIGHT SOURCES;

ARTICLE; EVALUATION; EYE SURGERY; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; RADIATION INJURY; RETINA; THEORETICAL MODEL;

HUMANS; LIGHTING; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RADIATION INJURIES; RETINA;

EID: 1842586789     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.001648     Document Type: Article

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