Noncontact tissue ablation by Holmium: YSGG laser pulses in blood

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 26-34

  van Leeuwen, Ton G ^a   van der Veen, Maurits J ^a   Verdaasdonk, Rudolf M ^b   Borst, Cornelius ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Holmium laser; midinfrared laser ablation; pulsed laser angioplasty; transmission

Indexed keywords

HOLMIUM;

ANGIOPLASTY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; LASER SURGERY; NONHUMAN; SWINE;

ANIMAL; AORTA; BLOOD; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; IN VITRO; LASER SURGERY; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PHOTOGRAPHY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SWINE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0025963222     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.1900110108     Document Type: Article

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