Optimizing free electron laser incisions at 6.45 μm with computer-assisted surgical techniques and the utilization of a heat-conducting template

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 162-167

  Robbins, Jason B ^a   Reinisch, Lou ^a   Ellis, Darrel L ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat conduction; Laser beam delivery; Laser surgery

Indexed keywords

STAINLESS STEEL;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREE ELECTRON LASER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; LASER; LASER SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INCISION; SKIN INJURY; SKIN SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL INJURY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ELECTRONS; HEAT; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; RADIATION DOSAGE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0035097851     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.1034     Document Type: Article

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