Military Vision Research Program. Addendum
Abstract
Eye injuries have increased in warfare over the past 200 years. In the current conflict the eye is particularly vulnerable to blast injury as well as to environmental stress from the current theaters of operation. For clear vision, the entire visual axis (tears, cornea, aqueous humor, lens, vitreous, retina, and optic nerve) must be transparent, intact, and healthy and each part of this axis functional. Each of these structures has its particular vulnerabilities. In the present proposal we have designed multiple projects to investigate the special vulnerabilities of the cornea, retina, optic nerve, and brain to mechanical, laser, infectious, and environmental trauma and to devise means to prevent, diagnose, and repair the sequelae of these traumas.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 2011
- Accession Number
- ADA602344
Entities
People
- Darlene Dartt
Organizations
- Schepens Eye Research Institute