Excimer laser induced bubble: Dimensions, theory, and implications for laser angioplasty

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 381-390

  Van Leeuwen, Ton G ^a,b   Jansen, E Duco ^c   Welch, Ashley J ^c   Borst, Cornelius ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

blood; cavitation; pulsed laser; vaporization; Xenon Chloride excimer laser

Indexed keywords

AIR; ARTICLE; EXCIMER LASER; FIBEROSCOPE; LASER ANGIOPLASTY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE INJURY; VAPORIZATION;

ANGIOPLASTY, LASER; BLOOD; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WATER;

EID: 0030005039     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1996)18:4<381::AID-LSM7>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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