Effects of heterogeneous absorption of laser radiation in biotissue ablation: Characterization of ablation of fat with a pulsed CO2 laser

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-64

  Victor Ross, E ^a,b   Domankevitz, Yacov ^a   Rox Anderson, R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

CO2 laser; Fat; Laser ablation; Mass loss

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; DERMIS; LASER SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SWINE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; LASER SURGERY; SWINE;

EID: 0030745914     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1997)21:1<59::AID-LSM9>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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