Application of the 980-nm diode laser in sterotaxic surgery

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1090-1094

  Gülsoy, Murat ^a,b,d   Çelikel, Tansu ^b   Kurtkaya, Özlem ^c   Sav, Aydin ^c   Kurt, Adnan ^b   Canbeyli, Reşit ^b   Çilesiz, Inci ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d KOSGEB Boǧaziçi Univ ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS; LASER IRRADIATION; LESIONING EFFECTS; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; DOSIMETRY; IRRADIATION; LASER PULSES; LASER TISSUE INTERACTION; NEUROSURGERY;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0033317610     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.796334     Document Type: Article

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