Mid-infrared laser delivery into a precise tissue area using a smart, tissue-activated optical fiber probe

Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO - Technical Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 406-407

  Ilev, Ilko K ^a   Waynant, Ronald W ^a   Reiten, Mary ^b  

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

^b Medical College of Wisconsin and Marquette University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL FIBERS; REFRACTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

MID INFRARED LASERS;

LASER TISSUE INTERACTION;

EID: 0036457801     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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