Smart optical fiber probes for precise tissue treatment

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4616, Issue , 2002, Pages 220-228

  Ilev, Ilko K ^a   Waynant, Ronald W ^a   Reiter, Mary ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser delivery; Optical fibers; Tissue treatment; Total internal reflectance

Indexed keywords

LASER SURGERY; LASER TISSUE INTERACTION; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTICAL FIBERS; PROBES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TISSUE;

OPTICAL FIBER PROBES;

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

EID: 0036403257     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.463817     Document Type: Conference Paper

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