Ablation of Calcified Biological Tissue Using Pulsed Hydrogen Fluoride Laser Radiation

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 1990, Pages 2261-2270

  Izatt, Joseph A ^a   Sankey, Norris D ^a   Partovi, Firooz ^a   Rava, Richard P ^a   Itzkan, Irving ^a   Feld, Michael S ^a   Fitzmaurice, Maryanne ^b  

^a George R Harrison Spectroscopy Laboratory   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING--SURGERY APPLICATIONS; INFRARED RADIATION--EFFECTS; LASER PULSES--EFFECTS; LASERS, GAS--EFFECTS; RADIATION EFFECTS--MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BIOLOGICAL TISSUE ABLATION; HYDROGEN FLUORIDE LASER RADIATION; PULSE FLUENCE THRESHOLDS; PULSED HYDROGEN FLUORIDE LASERS; THERMAL ABLATION MODELS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 0025537333     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: 15581713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.64362     Document Type: Article

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