The effect of ocular aberrations on retinal laser damage thresholds in the human eye

Health Physics

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 20-28

  Milsom, Philip Keith ^a   Till, Stephen John ^a   Rowlands, George ^b  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b Dstl ^*

Author keywords

Lasers; Modeling, dose assessment; Safety standards; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; EYE DISEASE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; INCIDENCE; LASER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; RETINA; RETINA IMAGE; SAFETY; SUNLIGHT; THERMAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; EYE INJURIES; HUMANS; LASERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RETINA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33745273035     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000194203.58594.66     Document Type: Article

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