A comparative study of human skin thermal response to sapphire contact and cryogen spray cooling

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 934-941

  Anvari, Bahman ^a   Milner, Thomas E ^a   Samuel Tanenbaum, B ^a   Stuart Nelson, J ^a  

^a HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermatology; Lasers; Port wine stains; Selective injury; Tetrafluoroethane

Indexed keywords

COOLING; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; INFRARED RADIATION; RADIOMETRY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

CRYOGENIC SPRAY COOLING; DERMATOLOGY; TETRAFLUOROETHANE;

SKIN;

ARTICLE; CRYOPROTECTION; LASER SURGERY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; SKIN PROTECTION; TARGET ORGAN; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

AEROSOL PROPELLANTS; ALUMINUM OXIDE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CRYOTHERAPY; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, FLUORINATED; ICE; RADIOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0032125646     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.686802     Document Type: Article

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