Dynamics of ArF excimer laser-induced cavitation bubbles in gel surrounded by a liquid medium

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 294-300

  Palanker, Daniel ^a   Turovets, Igor ^a   Lewis, Aaron ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

193 nm; Cavitation bubble; Excimer laser; Laser tissue interaction; Vitreoretinal surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; EXCIMER LASER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER SURGERY; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VITRECTOMY;

BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GASES; GELATIN; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MICROSURGERY; MODELS, ANATOMIC; RETINA; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0030930841     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1997)21:3<294::AID-LSM10>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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