Adjustment of guidelines for exposure of the eye to optical radiation from ocular instruments: statement from a task group of the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP).
A variety of optical and electro-optical instruments are used for both diagnostic and therapeutic applications to the human eye. These generally expose ocular structures to either coherent or incoherent optical radiation (ultraviolet, visible, or infrared radiation) under unique conditions. We convert both laser and incoherent exposure guidelines derived for normal exposure conditions to the application of ophthalmic sources.
Sliney
David
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International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection, Ingolstaedter Land-strasse 1, Oberschleissheim, Germany. david.sliney@apg.amedd.army.mil
Aron-Rosa
Danielle
D
DeLori
Francois
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Fankhauser
Franz
F
Landry
Robert
R
Mainster
Martin
M
Marshall
John
J
Rassow
Bernard
B
Stuck
Bruce
B
Trokel
Stephen
S
West
Teresa Motz
TM
Wolffe
Michael
M
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