RESEARCH FOR OCULAR EFFECTS OF THERMAL RADIATION.

Abstract

To study minimal retinal burns in test rabbits, Technology Incorporated designed and fabricated a solid-state circuit to pulse a xenon light source up to 5000 amperes for one millisecond. Procedures to irradiate the rabbits and to calibrate the light source are described. Data for 1.05-millimeter-diameter minimal retinal burns were obtained. For one rabbit, this data was plotted and a theoretical equation was fitted to the curve. This data and theoretical equation can now be used for the prediction of minimal retinal burns. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0634027

Entities

People

  • Early R. Lawler Jr
  • Roger L. Bessey
  • Thomas A. Alexander

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Diameters
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Equations
  • Light (Electromagnetic Radiation)
  • Light Sources
  • Mathematics
  • Radiation
  • Thermal Radiation

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  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.