Cryogen spray cooling of human skin: Effects of ambient humidity level, spraying distance, and cryogen boiling point

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3192, Issue , 1997, Pages 106-110

  Anvari, Bahman ^a   Ver Steeg, Benjamin J ^a   Milner, Thomas E ^a   Tanenbaum, B Samuel ^a   Klein, Travis J ^a   Gerstner, Eliot ^a   Kimel, Sol ^a   Nelson, J Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative refrigerants; Cutaneous hypervascular lesions; Dermatology; Lasers; Port wine stains; Rhytides; Selective thermal injury

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DERMATOLOGY; LASERS; RADIOMETRY; REFRIGERANTS; SPRAYING;

CRYOGEN SPRAY COOLING;

SKIN;

EID: 0031290010     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.297833     Document Type: Conference Paper

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