Accession Number:

ADA331129

Title:

Theoretical Modeling of Ocular Tissue Damage by Short Pulse Lasers.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.. 15 Apr 93-14 Sep 96,

Corporate Author:

TEXAS UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL AT HOUSTON

Personal Author(s):

• Jacques, Steven L.

Report Date:

1996-11-14

Pagination or Media Count:

4.0

Abstract:

This work has developed computer simulations of how ultra-short pulsed lasers will interact with the retina. Consideration was given to how optical energy couples into the melanosomes of the retinal pigmented epithelium RPE, how thermal energy is confined within the melanosomes, how stress is generated in the melanosomes, and the pulse-duration dependence of thermal and stress induced injury to the melanosome.

Descriptors:

• *COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
• *PULSED LASERS
• *RETINA
• *EYE
• *LASER DAMAGE
• MATHEMATICAL MODELS
• COUPLING(INTERACTION)
• EPITHELIUM
• TISSUES(BIOLOGY)
• WOUNDS AND INJURIES
• VISION
• SHORT PULSES
• THERMAL RADIATION

Subject Categories:

• Anatomy and Physiology
• Lasers and Masers

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE