Biomedical implications of military laser exposure / senior editors, Bruce E. Stuck, Victoria Tepe, James W. Ness.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Stuck, Bruce E., editor.

Tepe, Victoria, editor.

Ness, James W., editor.

Borden Institute (U.S.), issuing body.

Series:

Textbooks of military medicine

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lasers--Physiological effect--Textbooks.

Lasers.

Eye--Wounds and injuries--Textbooks.

Eye.

Lasers--Safety measures--Textbooks.

Medicine, Military--United States--Textbooks.

Medicine, Military.

Eye--Wounds and injuries.

Lasers--adverse effects.

Eye Injuries.

Military Personnel.

Occupational Exposure.

Lasers--Physiological effect.

Lasers--Safety measures.

United States.

Medical Subjects:

Lasers--adverse effects.

Eye Injuries.

Military Personnel.

Occupational Exposure.

Genre:

Textbooks.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 273 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

Fort Sam Houston, Texas : Office of the Surgeon General, Borden Institute, US Army Medical Center of Excellence, 2020.

Summary:

"Lasers will continue to play an important and sometimes dangerous role on the modern battlefield. At present, there is no adequate comprehensive protection against accidental or intentional exposure to lasers in combat. Thus, it is critical that the field of laser safety research develop preventative protocols and prophylactic technologies to protect the warfighter and to support military operational objectives. This book details the current state-of-the-art in scientific, biomedical, and technical information concerning the effects of military lasers on the human body. An important purpose of this book is to identify current knowledge gaps in the various areas of this interdisciplinary field, and to offer specific recommendations for laser safety research and development into the future"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Section I. History and hazards of military lasers. 1. The US Army Medical Department's role and accomplishments in laser development and use / Bruce E. Stuck and Karl E. Friedl

2. History and development of military lasers / Jack B. Keller Jr

3. Relating structural insult to visual function : selected accident cases / Victoria Tepe, James W. Ness, and Bruce E. Stuck

Section II. Physical and psychological effects. 4. Laser-induced changes in visual performance : immediate and long-term consequences in an animal model / David O. Robbins and Harry Zwick

5. Laser glare effects on visual performance / Peter Alan Smith

6. The effects of nondamaging levels of laser energy on vision and visual function / James W. Ness and Jonathan Ness

7. Psychological and operational impacts of military lasers / George R. Mastroianni and James W. Ness

Section III. Laser-induced injury thresholds. 8. Ocular effects of ultraviolet laser radiation / Joseph A. Zuclich

9. Laser-induced ocular effects in the retinal hazard region / David J. Lund and Brian J. Lund

10. Dependence of retinal thermal injury threshold on size and profile of laser image / David J. Lund, Richard C. Hollins, and Karl Schulmeister

Retinal thermal damage and ocular motion / Brian J. Lund

12. Ultrashort laser pulses and their bioeffects / Benjamin A. Rockwell and William P. Roach

13. Corneal effects of laser radiation / Russell L. McCally and Bruce E. Stuck.

Notes:

Shipping List No.: 2021-0086-P.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Biomedical implications of military laser exposure.

ISBN:

9780160953798

0160953790

OCLC:

1141950379