Comparison of OPA and Mark-III FEL for tissue ablation at 6.45 microns

Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4633, Issue , 2002, Pages 194-200

  Edwards, Glenn ^a   Shane Hutson, M ^a   Hauger, Susanne ^a   Kozub, John ^b   Shen, Jin ^b   Shieh, Charles ^b   Topadze, Katie ^b   Joos, Karen ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical kinetics; Infrared tissue ablation; Superheating; Thermal diffusion

Indexed keywords

FREE ELECTRON LASERS; IRRADIATION; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; REACTION KINETICS; THERMAL DIFFUSION; TISSUE;

INFRARED TISSUE ABLATION;

LASER ABLATION;

EID: 0036405136     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.461379     Document Type: Article

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