Femtosecond laser eye surgery: The first clinical experience

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4633, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-10

  Juhasz, T ^a   Kurtz, R ^a   Horvath, C ^a   Suarez, C ^a   Nordan, L T ^b   Slade, S G ^c  

^a IntraLase Corp   (United States)

^b Nordan Laser Eye Institute   (United States)

^c The Laser Center of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Cornea; Femtosecond; LASIK; Optical breakdown; Photodisruption

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPHTHALMOLOGY;

LASER INDUCED OPTICAL BREAKDOWN (LIOB);

LASER SURGERY;

EID: 0036408211     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.461363     Document Type: Article

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