Ultrashort laser pulse retinal damage mechanisms and their impact on thresholds

Medical Laser Application

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 84-92

  Rockwell, Benjamin A ^a   Thomas, Robert J ^a   Vogel, Alfred ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL LASER CENTER LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Femtosecond; Laser induced breakdown; Melanin; Retina; Safety; Ultrafast; Ultrashort

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; FEMTO-SECOND LASER; LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN; LASER PARAMETERS; MICRO-BUBBLE; MULTI-PHOTON MICROSCOPY; PICOSECONDS; POTENTIAL SOURCES; POTENTIAL TECHNIQUES; RADIANT EXPOSURE; RETINAL DAMAGE; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; SELF-FOCUSING; STRESS CONFINEMENT; THRESHOLD LEVELS; ULTRA-FAST; ULTRASHORT LASER PULSE; VISION LOSS; WAVELENGTH REGIMES;

ALDEHYDES; HISTOLOGY; LASER DAMAGE; LASER SAFETY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PULSE GENERATORS; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAFAST LASERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LASER; MELANOSOME; MICROBUBBLE; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RADIATION ACCIDENT; RADIATION ENERGY; RETINA INJURY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 77950692354     PISSN: 16151615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mla.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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