In situ monitoring of laser modification process in human cataractous lens and porcine cornea using coherence tomography

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 137-143

  Kamensky, V ^a,b   Feldehtein, F ^a,b   Gelikonov, V ^a,b   Snopova, L ^a,b   Muraviov, S ^a,b   Malyshev, A ^a,b   Bityurin, N ^a,b   Sergeev, A ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b PRIVOLZHSKY RESEARCH MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

In situ monitoring; IR lasers; Optical coherence tomography; Pulse to pulse kinetics; Thermal tissue damage; UV lasers

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COHERENT LIGHT; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER TISSUE INTERACTION; MONITORING; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPHTHALMOLOGY;

IR LASERS; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY;

TOMOGRAPHY;

SUIDAE;

EID: 0032734569     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.429927     Document Type: Article

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