Optical Absorption of Blood Depends on Temperature during a 0.5 ms Laser Pulse at 586 nm

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 276-281

  Verkruysse, Wim ^a   Nilsson, Annika M K ^b   Milner, Thomas E ^b   Beek, Johan F ^a   Lucassen, Gerald W ^d   Van Gemert, Martin J C ^a,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^e ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TEMPERATURE;

ABSORPTION; BLOOD; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; PORT-WINE STAIN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032011135     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1998.tb05199.x     Document Type: Article

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