Laser treatment of port wine stains: Three-dimensional simulation using a biopsy-defined geometry in an optical-thermal model

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3245, Issue , 1997, Pages 322-333

  Pfefer, T Joshua ^a   Barton, Jennifer Kehlet ^a   Smithies, Derek J ^a   Milner, Thomas E ^a   Nelson, J Stuart ^a   Van Gemert, Martin J C ^a   Welch, A J ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhenius integral; Finite difference; Heat transfer; Laser surgery; Monte Carlo; Numerical modeling; Optical; Port wine stains; Thermal damage; Tissue reconstruction

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LASER PULSES; LASER SURGERY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PATIENT TREATMENT; THERMAL DIFFUSION;

OPTICAL-THERMAL MODELS;

LASER TISSUE INTERACTION;

EID: 0031289903     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.312302     Document Type: Conference Paper

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