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Radiation Protection Dosimetry Advance Access originally published online on September 28, 2005
Radiation Protection Dosimetry 2006 118(3):265-274; doi:10.1093/rpd/nci346
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A novel sensor array for field based ocular ultraviolet radiation measurements

D. P. Fleming1,*, J. E. Walsh1, L. A. Moore1, J. P. Bergmanson2 and D. McMahon1

1 School of Physics, Focas Institute, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland
2 Texas Eye Research and Technology Center, University of Houston College of Optometry, Houston, TX, USA

* Corresponding author: david.fleming{at}dit.ie

Received May 3, 2005, amended July 26, 2005, accepted August 1, 2005

The intensification of terrestrial solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) due to the diminution of the ozone layer has promoted a variety of research into establishing the impact of this elevated potential dose of UVR on biological tissues. Certain anterior ocular tissues have been found to be susceptible to damage by incident UVR and potentially blinding diseases such as pterygium are 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 system has been designed, constructed and tested for this purpose. Initial measurements to quantify the irradiance across the anterior ocular surface within the latitudes known as the ‘pterygium belt’ provide us with a set of core data for different head orientations and tilt angles and indicate the accuracy and stability of the system.


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