Laser-induced retinal injury thresholds: Variation with retinal irradiated area

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5688, Issue , 2005, Pages 469-478

  Lund, David J ^a   Schulmeister, Karl ^b   Seiser, Bernhard ^b   Edthofer, Florian ^b  

^a USAF   (United States)

^b ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Laser bioeffects; Ocular thresholds; Retinal injury; Spot size dependence; Thermal model

Indexed keywords

LASER BIOEFFECTS; OCULAR THRESHOLDS; RETINAL INJURY; SPOT-SIZE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL MODEL;

DATA ACQUISITION; DATA PROCESSING; IRRADIATION; LASER BEAMS; LASER SAFETY; RADIATION; REFRACTION; VISION AIDS;

LIGHT SOURCES;

EID: 21844460243     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.608417     Document Type: Conference Paper

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