Citation

Xu JM, Xu GD, Chen ZL, Shi LS, Hu FG, Zhou SY, Qian HW, Zhang GS, Wang DL, Liu HF. Health Phys. 1989; 56(5): 647-652.

Affiliation

Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, People's Republic of China.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, Health Physics Society, Publisher Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2708054

Abstract

Comparison of the dose-response relationship of retinal damage induced by Q-switched (Q-sw) Nd:YAG lasers was conducted for rabbits and monkeys. Experimental results indicated that the two probit regression lines were parallel to each other, and the damage threshold (ED50) ratio was approximately 1:3.57. Observations of the injurious effects of Q-sw Nd:YAG rangefinders--the total energy level being about 10-100 mJ--and their injurious distances are reported in this paper. A brief description is given of coagulative and hemorrhagic pathological changes under different exposure conditions and at various distances.

Language: en