title: 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).
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection, Ingolstaedter Land-strasse 1, Oberschleissheim, Germany. david.sliney@apg.amedd.army.mil
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sliney
authors.forename: Danielle
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Aron-Rosa
authors.forename: Francois
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: DeLori
authors.forename: Franz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fankhauser
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Landry
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mainster
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Marshall
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rassow
authors.forename: Bruce
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Stuck
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Trokel
authors.forename: Teresa Motz
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: West
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wolffe
mesh_terms: D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D007390:International Agencies / Q000592:standards*; D008027:Light / Q000009:adverse effects; D008954:Models, Biological; D009799:Ocular Physiological Phenomena / Q000528:radiation effects; D019721:Ophthalmoscopes / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000592:standards*; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D011874:Radiometry / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*