Tattoo removal in micropigs with low-energy pulses from a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser at 1064nm

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4244, Issue , 2001, Pages 55-60

  Hu, X H ^a   Wooden, W A ^b   Cariveau, M J ^a   Fang, Q ^a   Bradfield, J F ^b   Kalmus, G W ^a   Vore, S J ^b   Sun, Y ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Laser surgery; Tattoo removal; Tissue ablation

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; LASER TISSUE INTERACTION; NEODYMIUM LASERS; PIGMENTS; Q SWITCHED LASERS; SKIN;

MICROPIGS; NANOSECOND LASER PULSES;

LASER SURGERY;

EID: 0034931210     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.427822     Document Type: Article

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