Thermo-mechanical laser ablation of soft biological tissue: Modeling the micro-explosions

Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-80

  Majaron, B ^a   Plestenjak, P ^a   Lukac M ^a,b  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b Slovenian Development Corporation   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERBIUM; HEAT LOSSES; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER TISSUE INTERACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLID STATE LASERS; THERMAL DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS;

ERBIUM LASERS; SOFT BIOLOGICAL TISSUE; THERMOMECHANICAL LASER ABLATION;

LASER ABLATION;

EID: 0032684880     PISSN: 09462171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003400050772     Document Type: Article

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