Proposed changes for the retinal thermal MPE

International Laser Safety Conference: The World's Leading Conference on Laser Safety, ILSC 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 121-127

  Schulmeister, Karl ^a   Stuck, Bruce ^b   Lund, David J ^b   Sliney, David H ^c  

^a ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH   (Austria)

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

^c Laser/Optical Radiation Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPHTHALMOLOGY; PULSED LASERS; SAFETY FACTOR;

COMPUTER MODELING; IRRADIANCE PROFILES; MICROCAVITY FORMATION; MILLISECOND RANGE; NANOSECOND PULSE; NON-HUMAN PRIMATE; PULSE DURATION REGIME; THERMAL CONFINEMENT;

LASER SAFETY;

EID: 84897732890     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2351/1.5056620     Document Type: Conference Paper

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