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Quantification Of The Environmental Solar Ultraviolet Radiation Field At The Human Eye And The Investigation Of Peripherally Focused Rays., David P. Fleming

Doctoral

The increase of terrestrial solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) due to the reduction of the ozone layer has promoted a variety of research into establishing the impact of this elevated potential dose of UVR on biological tissues. Anterior ocular tissues such as the cornea have been found to be susceptible to damage by terrestrial solar UVR and diseases such as pterygium are commonly thought to be a direct result of absorbed UVR at the nasal limbus. There is a need for more accurate quantification and localisation of incident UVR at the anterior ocular surface. A novel solar blind photodiode sensor array …