WEB-017Original abstract reviewed
Corneal drying during high-power 162 GHz exposure
The reported finding
Changing reflectance was attributed to drying of tear film and corneal epithelium as temperature increased.
Reading it carefully
Original abstract only; high-power thermal response and dosimetry study. No direct communications-system experiment and no quantified population risk.
Inside the study
Technology connection
Sub-terahertz research relevant to examining proposed future bands; not an experiment using a 6G standard.
Publication type
Original journal research
Exposure conditions
162 GHz; 360 or 480 mW/cm² for 6 min; eye-surface temperature rise around/above 5°C associated with drying.
Design & controls
Rabbit-eye in-vivo reflectance/OCT measurements alongside in-vitro corneal dielectric measurements.
Statistics
See reported finding and original tables; effect sizes not independently recalculated.
Related research & shared cohorts
The protection question raised
Which exposure conditions and biological models reproduce this response, and what would establish its relevance to health?
Source verification
Original abstract and bibliographic metadata checked; full methods and dosimetry not audited.
Where to find the result
Original abstract; methods verification incomplete
Editorial notices
Linked notice fields in retrieved Europe PMC/PubMed records checked 21 October 2026; no correction or retraction surfaced there. Publisher-history and forward-citation screening are not exhaustive.
Funding
Not established from retrieved original abstract.
Conflicts of interest
Not established from retrieved original abstract.
Original publication
Maya Mizuno; Hideaki Kitahara; Kensuke Sasaki; Masahiko Tani; Masami Kojima; Yukihisa Suzuki; Takafumi Tasaki; Yoshinori Tatematsu; Masafumi Fukunari; Kanako Wake. Dielectric property measurements of corneal tissues for computational dosimetry of the eye in terahertz band in vivo and in vitro. Biomedical optics express. 2021. doi:10.1364/boe.412769.