Dosimetric study of microwave cataractogenesis.
A closed waveguide method has been used to induce opacities in the rabbit eye. A 30-min exposure to 2.45-GHz radiation such that 8.7 W is incident on the head (5.75 W being absorbed) produces a cataract in half of the exposed eyes of New Zealand white rabbits.
D000818:Animals; D001831:Body Temperature; D002386:Cataract / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D005123:Eye / Q000528:radiation effects; D008872:Microwaves / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011817:Rabbits