Biomedical implications of military laser exposure /
senior editors, Bruce E. Stuck, Victoria Tepe, James W. Ness.
- xxvii, 273 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm.
- Textbooks of military medicine .
- Textbooks of military medicine. .
Shipping List No.: 2021-0086-P.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Section I: History and Hazards of Military Lasers -- 1. The U.S. Army Medical Department's Role and Accomplishments in Laser Development and Use -- 2. History and Development of Military Lasers -- 3. Relating Structural Insult to Visual Function: Selected Accident Cases -- Section II: Physiological and Psychological Effects -- 4. Laser-Induced Changes in Visual Performance: Immediate and Long-Term Consequences in an Animal Model -- 5. Laser Glare Effects on Visual Performance -- 6. The Effects of Nondamaging Levels of Laser Energy on Vision and Visual Function -- 7. Psychological and Operational Impacts of Military Lasers -- Section III: Laser-Induced Injury Thresholds -- 8. Ocular Effects of Ultraviolet Laser Radiation -- 9. Laser-Induced Ocular Effects in the Retinal Hazard Region -- 10. Dependence of Retinal Thermal Injury Threshold on Size and Profile of Laser Image -- 11. Retinal Thermal Damage and Ocular Motion -- 12. Ultrashort Laser Pulses and Their Bioeffects -- 13. Corneal Effects of Laser Radiation
9780160953798 0160953790
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Lasers--Physiological effect--Textbooks. Eye--Wounds and injuries--Textbooks. Lasers--Safety measures--Textbooks. Medicine, Military--United States--Textbooks. Lasers--adverse effects. Eye Injuries. Military Personnel. Occupational Exposure.