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Eclipse retinopathy injury scale (ERIS): A classification of acute macular damage resulting from unprotected solar eclipse viewing

Maciej Czepita
Maciej Czepita
, 
Edyta Podlewska-Gaca
Edyta Podlewska-Gaca
 and 
Damian Czepita
Damian Czepita
   | Jan 17, 2022
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Article Category: Review
Published Online: Jan 17, 2022
Page range: 1005 - 1011
Received: Jan 16, 2021
Accepted: Aug 17, 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ahem-2021-0042
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Figure 1:

Photographs of the solar eclipse on March 20, 2015, taken with a 15 cm Newtonian reflector telescope by the first author (M.C.) from Szczecin, Poland. Image A was taken at 10:21 CET, almost midway into the eclipse. In B several individual images of the eclipse have been assembled together including Image A (white box). The obscurity of the eclipse was 45.40% at 10:21 CET.
Photographs of the solar eclipse on March 20, 2015, taken with a 15 cm Newtonian reflector telescope by the first author (M.C.) from Szczecin, Poland. Image A was taken at 10:21 CET, almost midway into the eclipse. In B several individual images of the eclipse have been assembled together including Image A (white box). The obscurity of the eclipse was 45.40% at 10:21 CET.

Figure 2.

Color fundus photograph (CFP) of the right eye in a patient with solar retinopathy (A). Near-infrared fundus autofluorescence image (NIR-AF) of the right eye in the same patient (B). Macular damage diameter was measured (white arrows) in both images yielding a result of 139 μm in the CFP image and 231 μm in the NIR-AF image.
Color fundus photograph (CFP) of the right eye in a patient with solar retinopathy (A). Near-infrared fundus autofluorescence image (NIR-AF) of the right eye in the same patient (B). Macular damage diameter was measured (white arrows) in both images yielding a result of 139 μm in the CFP image and 231 μm in the NIR-AF image.

Eclipse Retinopathy Injury Scale for the classification of acute macular damage caused by unprotected solar eclipse viewing

score calculated Er diameter of macular damage grade
1 point Er = 12–35 cal cm-2 min-2 100–150 µm 2 points – grade 1
2 points Er =35–140 cal cm-2 min-2 150–200 µm 3 points – grade 2
3 points Er >140 cal cm-2 min-2 >200 µm 4 points – grade 3
5 points – grade 4
6 points – grade 5

Local conditions for Szczecin, Poland, during the solar eclipse on March 20, 2015

Time of observation (CET) Solar elevation (deg) Obscurity (%) L (W/m2) EOCC (W/m2) EOCC (cal/s/ cm2)
7:52 14.8 0 610 90551 2.16
10:21 31.9 45.4 860 69704 1.66
12.01 36.4 0 893 132560 3.17
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