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Maximum permissible exposure of the retina in the human eye in optical coherence tomography systems using a confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy platform

Rees, Sian and Dobre, George (2014) Maximum permissible exposure of the retina in the human eye in optical coherence tomography systems using a confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy platform. In: Fifth International Conference on Lasers in Medicine: Biotechnologies Integrated in Daily Medicine. Proceedings of SPIE . SPIE. ISBN 978-0-8194-9817-5. (doi:10.1117/12.2044819) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:49983)

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Abstract

When using scanning laser ophthalmoscopy to produce images of the eye fundus, maximum permissible exposure (MPE) limits must be considered. These limits are set out in international standards such as the National Standards Institute ANSI Z136.1 Safe Use of Lasers (USA) and BS EN 60825-1: 1994 (UK) and corresponding Euro norms but these documents do not explicitly consider the case of scanned beams. Our study aims to show how MPE values can be calculated for the specific case of retinal scanning by taking into account an array of parameters, such as wavelength, exposure duration, type of scanning, line rate and field size, and how each set of initial parameters results in MPE values that correspond to thermal or photochemical damage to the retina.

Item Type: Book section
DOI/Identification number: 10.1117/12.2044819
Uncontrolled keywords: laser eye safety, maximum permissible exposure, optical coherence tomography, scanning laser ophthalmoscopy, Biotechnology, Optical tomography, Scanning, Confocal scanning, Exposure durations, Initial parameter, International standards, Laser eye safety, Maximum permissible exposure, National standard, Scanning laser ophthalmoscopy, Laser safety
Subjects: Q Science > QC Physics
R Medicine > R Medicine (General) > R857.O6 Optical instruments
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
Depositing User: Giles Tarver
Date Deposited: 03 Aug 2015 08:28 UTC
Last Modified: 17 Aug 2022 10:59 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/49983 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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