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Br J Ophthalmol 2005;89:1545 doi:10.1136/bjo.2005.082453
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TTT: local light absorption and heat convection versus heat conduction

  1. M A Mainster1,
  2. D H Silney2
  1. 1Department of Ophthalmology, University of Kansas Medical School, 3901 Rainbow Boulevard, Kansas City, KS 66160-7379, USA
  2. 2Laser/Optical Radiation Program, US Army Environmental Hygiene Agency, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010, USA
  1. Correspondence to: Professor Martin A Mainster Department of Ophthalmology, M53009, University of Kansas Medical School, 3901 Rainbow Boulevard, Kansas City, KS 66160-7379, USA; mmainsterkumc.edu
  • Accepted 6 September 2005

Miura and co-authors have contributed valuable experimental data on transpupillary thermotherapy (TTT) for choroidal neovascularisation (CNV) in a rat model.1 In their scholarly discussion section, they speculate that the variability in power settings they encountered in heating experimental CNV may be due to …

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