Experimental and theoretical studies of broadband optical thermal damage to the retina

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5688, Issue , 2005, Pages 411-422

  Thomas, Robert J ^a   Buffington, Gavin D ^b   Irvin, Lance J ^b   Edwards, Michael L ^a   Cain, Clarence P ^c   Schuster, Kurt J ^c   Stolarski, David J ^c   Rockwell, Benjamin A ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Damage; Exposure Limits; Optical Radiation; Retina; Thermal Damage Models

Indexed keywords

DAMAGES; EXPOSURE LIMITS; OPTICAL RADIATION; RETINA; THERMAL DAMAGE MODELS;

DATA PROCESSING; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; RADIATION; THERMODYNAMICS; TISSUE; XENON;

LIGHT SOURCES;

EID: 21844460799     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.589936     Document Type: Conference Paper

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