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Dosimetric study of microwave cataractogenesis
Author(s) -
Foster Mark R.,
Ferri Esther S.,
Hagan Gary J.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
bioelectromagnetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.435
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-186X
pISSN - 0197-8462
DOI - 10.1002/bem.2250070204
Subject(s) - microwave , medical physics , medicine , computer science , telecommunications
A closed waveguide method has been used to induce opacities in the rabbit eye. A 30‐min exposure to 2.45‐GHz radiation such that 8.7 W is incident on the head (5.75 W being absorbed) produces a cataract in half of the exposed eyes of New Zealand white rabbits.