Ex vivo and computer model study on retinal thermal laser-induced damage in the visible wavelength range

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Schulmeister, Karl ^a   Husinsky, Johannes ^a   Seiser, Bernhard ^a   Edthofer, Florian ^a   Fekete, Beate ^a   Farmer, Letizia ^a   Lund, David J ^b  

^a ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH   (Austria)

^b WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

ANSI Z136.1; computer model; damage threshold; IEC 60825 1; laser safety; retinal thermal damage

Indexed keywords

ANSI Z136.1; COMPUTER MODEL; DAMAGE THRESHOLD; IEC 60825-1; THERMAL DAMAGE;

ALDEHYDES; COAGULATION; DAMAGE DETECTION; LASER SAFETY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; RADIATION PROTECTION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

PULSED LASERS;

BOVINAE; MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EYE BURN; IN VITRO STUDY; INJURY; LASER; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RETINA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EYE BURNS; LASERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RETINA;

EID: 60849123464     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2982526     Document Type: Article

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