Bone ablation with Er:YAG and CO2 laser: Study of thermal and acoustic effects

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 79-85

  Li, Zhao‐Zhang ^a   Reinisch, Lou ^a   Van de Merwe, Willem P ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Er:YAG laser; laser ablation; mass removal; photoacoustic amplitude; superpulsed CO2 laser; temperature rise

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ERBIUM; YTTRIUM;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE RESECTION; BONE TUMOR; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CAT; FEMUR; HISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; RAT; SKULL; THERMAL EXPOSURE; THERMAL INJURY;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; ANIMAL; BONE AND BONES; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATS; ERBIUM; FEMUR; HEAT; LIGHT COAGULATION; MASTOID; RATS; SKULL; SOUND; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; YTTRIUM;

EID: 0026559570     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.1900120112     Document Type: Article

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