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Chorioretinal thermal behavior

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Chorioretinal thermal response to intense light exposure is calculated for light sources with a wide variety of spatial and temporal characteristics. Transient temperature distributions are computed by means of an alternating directions implicit method for solving cylindrically symmetric heat conduction problems in biological media. Chorioretinal thermal distributions are discussed in terms of a maximum temperature damage criterion for ocular tissue.

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  1. Life Sciences Division, Technology Incorporated, 8531 N. New Braunfels Avenue, 78217, San Antonio, Texas

    T. J. White, M. A. Mainster, J. H. Tips & P. W. Wilson

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White, T.J., Mainster, M.A., Tips, J.H. et al. Chorioretinal thermal behavior. Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics 32, 315–322 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02476871

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