Laser-induced retinal damage thresholds for annular retinal beam profiles

Paul K. Kennedy; Joseph A. Zuclich; David J. Lund; Peter R. Edsall; Stephen Till; Bruce E. Stuck; Richard C. Hollins

doi:10.1117/12.529400

1 July 2004 Laser-induced retinal damage thresholds for annular retinal beam profiles

Paul K. Kennedy, Joseph A. Zuclich, David J. Lund, Peter R. Edsall, Stephen Till, Bruce E. Stuck, Richard C. Hollins

Proceedings Volume 5319, Laser Interaction with Tissue and Cells XV; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.529400
Event: Biomedical Optics 2004, 2004, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

The dependence of retinal damage thresholds on laser spot size, for annular retinal beam profiles, was measured in vivo for 3 μs, 590 nm pulses from a flashlamp-pumped dye laser. Minimum Visible Lesion (MVL)ED₅₀ thresholds in rhesus were measured for annular retinal beam profiles covering 5, 10, and 20 mrad of visual field; which correspond to outer beam diameters of roughly 70, 160, and 300 μm, respectively, on the primate retina. Annular beam profiles at the retinal plane were achieved using a telescopic imaging system, with the focal properties of the eye represented as an equivalent thin lens, and all annular beam profiles had a 37% central obscuration. As a check on experimental data, theoretical MVL-ED₅₀thresholds for annular beam exposures were calculated using the Thompson-Gerstman granular model of laser-induced thermal damage to the retina. Threshold calculations were performed for the three experimental beam diameters and for an intermediate case with an outer beam diameter of 230 μm. Results indicate that the threshold vs. spot size trends, for annular beams, are similar to the trends for top hat beams determined in a previous study; i.e., the threshold dose varies with the retinal image area for larger image sizes. The model correctly predicts the threshold vs. spot size trends seen in the biological data, for both annular and top hat retinal beam profiles.

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Paul K. Kennedy, Joseph A. Zuclich, David J. Lund, Peter R. Edsall, Stephen Till, Bruce E. Stuck, and Richard C. Hollins "Laser-induced retinal damage thresholds for annular retinal beam profiles", Proc. SPIE 5319, Laser Interaction with Tissue and Cells XV, (1 July 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.529400

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