Theoretical Modeling of Ocular Tissue Damage by Short Pulse Lasers

摘要

This work has developed computer simulations of how ultra-short pulsed laserswill interact with the retina. Consideration was given to how optical energy couples into the melanosomes of the retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE), how thermal energy is confined within the melanosomes, how stress is generated in the melanosomes, and the pulse-duration dependence of thermal and stress induced injury to the melanosome.