Clinical Course of High-Frequency Millimeter-Wave (162 GHz) Induced Ocular Injuries and Investigation of Damage Thresholds

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作者
Kojima, Masami [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Suzuki, Yukihisa [4 ]
Tasaki, Takafumi [5 ,6 ]
Tatematsu, Yoshinori [7 ]
Mizuno, Maya [8 ]
Fukunari, Masafumi [7 ]
Sasaki, Hiroshi [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Kanazawa Med Univ, Med Res Inst, Div Vis Res Environm Hlth, Kahoku, Ishikawa, Japan
[2] Kanazawa Med Univ, Dept Ophthalmol, Kahoku, Ishikawa, Japan
[3] Kanazawa Med Univ, Sch Nursing, Med Sci, Kahoku, Ishikawa, Japan
[4] Tokyo Metropolitan Univ, Grad Sch Syst Design, Dept Elect Engn & Comp Sci, Tokyo, Japan
[5] Kanazawa Med Univ, Med Res Inst, Div Prot Regulat Res, Kahoku, Ishikawa, Japan
[6] Kanazawa Med Univ, Dept Med Zool, Kahoku, Ishikawa, Japan
[7] Univ Fukui, Res Ctr Dev Far Infrared Reg, Fukui, Japan
[8] Natl Inst Informat & Commun Technol, Tokyo, Japan
关键词
Millimeter wave; Pigmented rabbit eye; Corneal epithelial damage; Ocular damage dose; Gyrotron; EXPOSURE;
D O I
10.1007/s10762-020-00714-1
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The objective was to investigate the clinical course of ocular damage and the healing process in eyes exposed to 162 GHz millimeter wave (MMW). As a 162-GHz electromagnetic wave source, a gyrotron FU CW GV was used. An ocular damaged rabbit model with good reproducibility for 162 GHz MMW exposure was developed, and damage occurrence threshold values were obtained. The right eyes of pigmented rabbits were exposed to 162 GHz from a spot-focus-type lens antenna, and the non-exposed contralateral eyes were used as control eyes. Slit-lamp examination 1 day after MMW exposure revealed a round area of opacity, characterized by fluorescein staining indicating damaged epithelial cells in the central pupillary zone. Corneal edema, indicative of corneal stromal damage, peaked 2-3 days after exposure, with thickness gradually subsiding to normal by 9 days after exposure. Power densities of 162 GHz MMW causing ocular damage with probabilities of 10, 50, and 90% obtained by probit analysis were 173, 252, and 368 mW/cm(2), respectively.
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页码:834 / 845
页数:12
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