Investigation of possible fs-LASIK induced retinal damage

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6138, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Schumacher, S ^a   Sander, M ^a   Stolte, A ^a   Doepke, C ^b   Baumgaertner, W ^b   Lubatschowski, H ^a  

^a LASER ZENTRUM HANNOVER E V   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fs laser; Fs LASIK; Ophthalmology; Retina damage; Retinal threshold

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; LASER PULSES; THERMAL EFFECTS; TISSUE;

CORNEA; EPITHELIUM; FS-LASER; FS-LASIK; RETINA DAMAGE; RETINAL THRESHOLD;

LASER SURGERY;

EID: 33745398502     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.645147     Document Type: Conference Paper

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