Critical temperature transitions in laser mediated cartilage reshaping

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3245, Issue , 1997, Pages 161-172

  Wong, Brian J F ^a   Milner, Thomas E ^a   Kim, Hong K ^a   Telenkov, Sergey ^a   Chew, Clifford ^a   Kuo, Timothy ^a   Smithies, Derek J ^a   Sobol, Emil N ^a   Nelson, J Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Cartilage reshaping; Cosmetic surgery; Infrared radiometry; Light scattering; Nd:YAG laser; Orthopedic surgery; Otolaryngology; Plastic surgery; Stress relaxation

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; INFRARED RADIATION; KINETIC THEORY; LASER TISSUE INTERACTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTIMIZATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; RADIOMETRY; STRESS RELAXATION; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

CARTILAGE SHAPING;

CARTILAGE;

EID: 0031289559     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.312284     Document Type: Conference Paper

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