Non-invasive determination of port wine stain anatomy and physiology for optimal laser treatment strategies

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 937-950

  Van Gemert, Martin J C ^a,b   Nelson, J Stuart ^a   Milner, Thomas E ^a   Smithies, Derek J ^a   Verkruysse, Wim ^b   De Boer, Johannes F ^b   Lucassen, Gerald W ^b   Goodman, Dennis M ^c   Tanenbaum, B Samuel ^a,d   Norvang, Lill T ^e   Svaasand, Lars O ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE   (United States)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; HEAT INJURY; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BLOOD VESSELS; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY, LASER; PORT-WINE STAIN; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031004017     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/42/5/013     Document Type: Article

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