Side-firing fiber device for underwater tissue ablation with HO: YAG and ER: YAG laser radiation

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 112-122

  Föhn, Oliver ^a   Pratisto, Hans S ^a   Könz, Flurin ^a   Ith, Michael ^a   Altermatt, Hans J ^a   Frenz, Martin ^a   Weber, Heinz P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acoustic transient; Arthroscopic surgery; Cavitation; Pulsed infrared laser; Vapor bubble

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CAVITATION; LASER ABLATION; LASER TISSUE INTERACTION; POLYAMIDES; SOLID STATE LASERS;

ACOUSTIC TRANSIENT; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; PULSE INFRARED LASER;

LASER SURGERY;

EID: 0031671977     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.429868     Document Type: Article

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