Eye safety analysis for non-uniform retinal scanning laser trajectories
| Autor: | Heinrich Grüger, Hans-Georg Dallmann, Uwe Schelinski, Franziska Woittennek, Jens Knobbe, Tino Pügner, Peter Reinig |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
010302 applied physics
Microelectromechanical systems Retina Laser safety business.industry Computer science Retinal Field of view Radiation Laser 01 natural sciences law.invention 010309 optics chemistry.chemical_compound Optics medicine.anatomical_structure chemistry law 0103 physical sciences Ophthalmoscopes medicine business Retinal scan |
| Zdroj: | SPIE Proceedings. |
| ISSN: | 0277-786X |
| DOI: | 10.1117/12.2209296 |
| Popis: | Scanning the retinae of the human eyes with a laser beam is an approved diagnosis method in ophthalmology; moreover the retinal blood vessels form a biometric modality for identifying persons. Medical applied Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscopes (SLOs) usually contain galvanometric mirror systems to move the laser spot with a defined speed across the retina. Hence, the load of laser radiation is uniformly distributed and eye safety requirements can be easily complied. Micro machined mirrors also known as Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) are interesting alternatives for designing retina scanning systems. In particular double-resonant MEMS are well suited for mass fabrication at low cost. However, their Lissajous-shaped scanning figure requires a particular analysis and specific measures to meet the requirements for a Class 1 laser device, i.e. eye-safe operation. The scanning laser spot causes a non-uniform pulsing radiation load hitting the retinal elements within the field of view (FoV). The relevant laser safety standards define a smallest considerable element for eye-related impacts to be a point source that is visible with an angle of maximum 1.5 mrad. For non-uniform pulsing expositions onto retinal elements the standard requires to consider all particular impacts, i.e. single pulses, pulse sequences in certain time intervals and cumulated laser radiation loads. As it may be expected, a Lissajous scanning figure causes the most critical radiation loads at its edges and borders. Depending on the applied power the laser has to be switched off here to avoid any retinal injury. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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