Trends in melanosome microcavitation thresholds for nanosecond pulse exposures in the near infrared

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Schmidt, Morgan S ^a   Kennedy, Paul K ^a   Vincelette, Rebecca L ^b   Denton, Michael L ^b   Noojin, Gary D ^b   Schuster, Kurt J ^b   Thomas, Robert J ^a   Rockwell, Benjamin A ^a  

^a 711th Human Performance Wing Bioeffects Division Optical Radiation Bioeffects Branch   (United States)

^b TASC Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

damage threshold; laser safety; maximum permissible exposure; melanosome; microcavitation; retinal pigment epithelium

Indexed keywords

INFRARED DEVICES; LASER SAFETY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

DAMAGE THRESHOLD; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE; MELANOSOME; MICROCAVITATION; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

ABSORPTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; HYDRODYNAMICS; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER; MELANOSOME; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RADIATION EXPOSURE; STANDARD; SWINE;

ABSORPTION; ANIMALS; CATTLE; HYDRODYNAMICS; INFRARED RAYS; LASERS; MELANOSOMES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; SWINE;

EID: 84896369185     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.19.3.035003     Document Type: Article

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