In-Vivo Investigations on Interstitial Ho:YAG Laser Ablation in Urology

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Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages 317-319

  Sroka, R ^a   Perlmutter, A ^b   Pongratz, T ^a   Muschter, R ^a   Baumgartner, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

(170.1020) Ablation of tissue; (170.1610) Clinical application; (170.7230) Urology

Indexed keywords

LASER ABLATION; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

(170.1020) ABLATION OF TISSUE; (170.1610) CLINICAL APPLICATION; (170.7230) UROLOGY; CLINICAL APPLICATION; HO:YAG LASERS; IN-VIVO; INTERSTITIALS; LASER INDUCED; LASER PARAMETERS; LASERS ABLATIONS;

UROLOGY;

EID: 0004915036     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21622701     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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