Thresholds for Lenticular Damage in the Rabbit Eye Due to Single Exposure to CW Microwave Radiation

Abstract

This work presents a review of the literature as regards to the power and time thresholds for opacity formation in the eye due to continuous microwave radiation. Temperature measurements in the vitreous humor are used to develop an analytical model (using basic principles and experimentally determined rate constants) which predicts the power and time thresholds for a frequency of 2.45 GHz. Although this model is not extended to other frequencies, it provides a context in which a general analytical model can be developed when more temperature data became available. Two empirical equations are derived which predict the power and time thresholds as a function of frequency.