Temperature distributions in laser-heated biological tissue with application to birthmark removal

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 74-85

  Loze, Michael K ^a   Wright, C David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GREEN'S FUNCTION; LASER BEAMS; LASER TISSUE INTERACTION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

MEDICAL LASER HEATING; PORT WINE STAIN REMOVAL;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PORT-WINE STAIN; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0035221422     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1318217     Document Type: Article

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