Modeling laser treatment of port wine stains with a computer- reconstructed biopsy

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 151-166

  Pfefer, T Joshua ^a   Barton, Jennifer Kehlet ^b   Smithies, Derek J ^c   Milner, Thomas E ^a   Nelson, J Stuart ^c   Van Gemert, Martin J C ^d   Welch, Ashley J ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Finite difference; Heat transfer; Light propagation; Monte Carlo; Numerical modeling; Pulse duration; Thermal damage; Tissue reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; HEAT INJURY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LASER SURGERY; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; SKIN SURGERY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BIOPSY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LASER SURGERY; PORT-WINE STAIN; SKIN;

EID: 0033046918     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1999)24:2<151::AID-LSM11>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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