New developments in ophthalmic applications of ultrafast lasers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3934, Issue , 2000, Pages 62-72

  Spooner, Greg J R ^a   Juhasz, Tibor ^a   Traub, Imola Ratkay ^a   Djotyan, Gagik ^a   Horvath, Christopher ^a   Sacks, Zachary ^a   Marre, Gabrielle ^a   Miller, Doug ^a   Williams, A Roy ^a   Kurtz, Ron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCIMER LASERS; LASER ABLATION; LASER TISSUE INTERACTION; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; OPHTHALMOLOGY; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

PHOTODISRUPTION; ULTRAFAST LASERS; ULTRASONIC CAVITATION;

LASER SURGERY;

EID: 0033707148     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.386348     Document Type: Conference Paper

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