Interstitial laser photocoagulation with four cylindrical diffusing fibre tips: Importance of mutual fibre distance

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 216-220

  Heisterkamp, J ^a,c   Van Hillegersberg, R ^a   Sinofsky, E L ^b   IJzermans, J N M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Rare Earth Medical   (United States)

^c NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Beamsplitter; Liver; Metastases; Nd:YAG; Tumour

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; LASER COAGULATION; LASER SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID TUMOR; SWINE;

EID: 0032704980     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s101030050087     Document Type: Article

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