Pulsed CO2 laser tissue ablation: Measurement of the ablation rate

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 264-275

  Walsh, Joseph T ^a   Deutsch, Thomas F ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

ablation efficiency; absorption coefficient; effect of beam profile; modeling; threshold fluence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; GUINEA PIG; LASER; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SKIN; THERAPY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HEAT; HISTOLOGY; LASER SURGERY; TIME; VOLATILIZATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; WATER;

ANIMAL; CARBON DIOXIDE; GUINEA PIGS; HEAT; LASER SURGERY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SKIN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; TIME FACTORS; VOLATILIZATION; WATER;

EID: 0023820502     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.1900080308     Document Type: Article

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