Mechanisms of Retinal Damage from Chronic Laser Radiation.

Abstract

This project is a study of the effect and the mechanisms of long-term exposure of the eye to laser radiation. The data is for four-hour, wide field exposures at levels below immediate damage threshold for monkey eyes. The report gives the thresholds for white light and for the 514.5 and 488 nm lines of the argon laser. Early data with the 457.9 nm line of the argon laser and with 590 line of the Rhodamine 6G Dye Laser are also given. This information is additive in the support of a hypothesis for mechanism of damage proposed and recorded in the final report of Study of Ocular Effects of Chronic Exposure to Laser Radiation, DADA 17-68-8105. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 31, 1975
Accession Number
ADA103183

Entities

People

  • F. Sharp
  • N. Speed
  • Steve Crockett
  • Theodore Lawhill

Organizations

  • University of Louisville

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Animals
  • Argon Lasers
  • Dye Lasers
  • Electron Microscopy
  • Eye
  • Intensity
  • Laboratory Animals
  • Laser Dyes
  • Laser Safety
  • Lasers
  • Light (Electromagnetic Radiation)
  • Light Sources
  • Liquid Dye Lasers
  • Microscopy
  • Photography
  • Radiation
  • White Light

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Cognitive Aging in the Guam and Border Populations Affected by Alzheimer's Disease and Tau-Associated Dementias.
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers