Near-infrared welding of aorta and skin tissues using a Cr4+: YAG laser

Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4609, Issue , 2002, Pages 212-214

  Gayen, Tapan K ^a   Katz, A ^a   Budansky, Yury ^a   Evans, Jonathan M ^a   Xu, Shixiang ^a   Savage, Howard E ^b   McCormick, Steven A ^b   Alfano, R R ^a  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cr4+: YAG laser; Fluorescence imaging; Laser tissue welding; Near infrared light; Tensile strength of tissues

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER BEAM WELDING; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKIN; SOLID STATE LASERS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE; WATER ABSORPTION;

FLUORESCENCE IMAGING;

LASER TISSUE INTERACTION;

EID: 0036401791     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.432085     Document Type: Article

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