Laser thrombolysis using long pulse frequency-doubled Nd:YAG lasers

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 379-388

  Viator, John A ^a,b   Prahl, Scott A ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Oregon Medical Laser Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Ablation efficiency; Ablation threshold; Clot, flash photography; Fluorescence; Thrombus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; NEODYMIUM LASER; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBUS; VAPORIZATION;

ANIMALS; COLORING AGENTS; DOGS; GELATIN; LASER SURGERY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOGRAPHY; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 0033403753     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1999)25:5<379::AID-LSM3>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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