Bioheat transfer analysis of cryogen spray cooling during laser treatment of port wine stains

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 145-157

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

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioheat transfer; Cryogen spray cooling; Laser tissue interaction; Light propagation; Monte Carlo; Numerical modeling; Port wine stains; Thermal damage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOLING; HEAT TRANSFER; LASER SURGERY; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THEORY;

BIOPSY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; LASER SURGERY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PORT-WINE STAIN; SKIN; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0034002088     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(2000)26:2<145::AID-LSM5>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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