title: Corneal Thermal Response to the CO(2) Laser.
abstract: A three-dimensional model of corneal thermal response to CO(2) laser radiation is constructed and numerical solutions for temperature rise are computed. Power distribution in the laser beam and a conducting air-cornea interface are considered explicitly. It is found that the radial distribution of temperature increases produced by a gaussian beam is also gaussian, for brief exposures. The corneal damage threshold is examined in terms of this result.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Mainster
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Tips