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Radiation Effects on the Eye

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Chalupecky (1897) first described the effects of ion-izing radiation on the eye. Subsequent studies by Birch-Hirschpeld (1908) identified the first case of radiation cataract. Definitive investigations on the effects of ionizing radiation on the eye began with Rohrschneider (1929). This author described a gradient in radio sensitivity of the ocular structures extending from the lens (the most sensitive tissue) through the conjunctiva, cornea, uvea, and the retina to the least sensitive tissue — the sclera. Poppe (1942) further elucidated the work of Rohrschneider.

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Hahnemann University Hospital, Broad and Vine Streets, Mail Stop 200, Philadelphia, PA, 19102, USA

    Luther W. Brady MD (Hylda Hohn/American Cancer Society Professor of Clinical Oncology and Professor)

  2. Department of Radiation Oncology, Halifax Medical Center, Daytona Beach, FL, 32115, USA

    Theodore E. Yaeger MD

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Radiotherapy and Radiooncology, University Hospital Eppendorf, Martinistr.52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany

    Winfried E. Alberti MD (Professor) (Professor)

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Eppendorf, Martinistr.52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany

    Gisbert Richard MD (Professor) (Professor)

  3. Department of Radiation Oncology, State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, 750 East Adams Street, Syracuse, NY, 13210, USA

    Robert H. Sagerman MD, FACR (Professor) (Professor)

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Brady, L.W., Yaeger, T.E. (2001). Radiation Effects on the Eye. In: Alberti, W.E., Richard, G., Sagerman, R.H. (eds) Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56439-0_11

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