The Physics of UV Laser Cornea Ablation

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 302-307

  Kitai, Moishe S ^a   Popkov, Valery L ^a   Semchishen, Vladimir A ^a   Kharizov, Alexei A ^a  

^a Scientific Research Centre of Technological Lasers ^*  (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS--ABLATION; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING--LASER APPLICATIONS; STRESSES; THERMAL EFFECTS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION--MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

CORNEAL ABLATION; ENERGY DENSITY; PULSED LASERS; REPETITION RATE;

LASERS, EXCIMER;

EID: 0026108002     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: 15581713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.78235     Document Type: Article

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