Pulsed laser ablation of soft tissues, gels, and aqueous solutions at temperatures below 100°C

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 231-240

  Oraevsky, Alexander A ^a,b   Jacques, Steven L ^a,b   Esenaliev, Rinat O ^a   Tittel, Frank K ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

acoustic transducer; cavitation; flash photography; laser induced stress; spallation; thermal explosion

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN GEL; POTASSIUM CHROMATE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; LASER SURGERY; LIVER; MICROSURGERY; NEODYMIUM LASER; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL INJURY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; CRYOSURGERY; GELS; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; LIVER; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PHOTOGRAPHY; SOLUTIONS; SWINE;

EID: 0029994974     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1996)18:3<231::AID-LSM3>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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