Biomedical Implications of Military Laser Exposure

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Contents

Front Matter

Section I. History and Hazards of Military Lasers

1. The US Army Medical Department’s Role and Accomplishments in Laser Development and Use
2. History and Development of Military Lasers
3. Relating Structural Insult to Visual Function: Selected Accident Cases

Section II. Physiological and Psychological Effects

4. Laser-Induced Changes in Visual Performance: Immediate and Long-Term Consequences in an Animal Model
5. Laser Glare Effects on Visual Performance
6. The Effects of Nondamaging Levels of Laser Energy on Vision and Visual Function
7. Psychological and Operational Impacts of Military Lasers

Section III. Laser-Induced Injury Thresholds

8. Ocular Effects of Ultraviolet Laser Radiation
9. Laser-Induced Ocular Effects in the Retinal Hazard Region
10. Dependence of Retinal Thermal Injury Threshold on Size and Profile of Laser Image
11. Retinal Thermal Damage and Ocular Motion
12. Ultrashort Laser Pulses and Their Bioeffects
13. Corneal Effects of Laser Radiation

Abbreviations and Acronyms

Index