Application of ultrashort laser pulses for intrastromal refractive surgery

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 238, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-39

  Lubatschowski, Holger ^a   Maatz, Gero ^a   Heisterkamp, Alexander ^a   Hetzel, Udo ^b   Drommer, Wolfgang ^b   Welling, Herbert ^a   Ertmer, Wolfgang ^c  

^a LASER ZENTRUM HANNOVER E V   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORNEA STROMA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; EYE INJURY; LASER SURGERY; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SWINE; THERMAL INJURY;

EID: 0034020558     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004170050006     Document Type: Article

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