In-vivo study of epidermal protection by cryogen spray cooling during pulsed laser irradiation at high radiant exposures

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4609, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 67-74

  Tunnell, James W ^a   Chang, David W ^b   Johnston, Carol ^b   Torres, Jorge H ^a   Patrick, Charles W ^b   Miller, Mihchael J ^b   Thomsen, Sharon L ^c   Anvari, Bahman ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic cooling; Port wine stain; Selective photothermolysis; Vascular damage

Indexed keywords

CRYOGENICS; IRRADIATION; LASER TISSUE INTERACTION; SKIN; TISSUE;

CRYOGEN SPRAY COOLING (CSC);

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 0036402307     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.431782     Document Type: Article

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