Plume dynamics and shielding by the ablation plume during Er:YAG laser ablation

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 165-178

  Nahen, Kester ^a   Vogel, Alfred ^a  

^a MEDICAL LASER CENTER LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ablation dynamics; Ablation plume; Infrared photoablation; Phase explosion; Shielding

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ERBIUM; LASER BEAMS; LASER TISSUE INTERACTION; OPTICS; SHIELDING; SKIN; TISSUE; WATER;

INFRARED PHOTOABLATION;

LASER ABLATION;

GELATIN; WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER; LASER SURGERY; METHODOLOGY; OPTICS; RADIATION PROTECTION; SKIN;

ANIMALS; GELATIN; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; LASER SURGERY; LASERS; OPTICS; RADIATION PROTECTION; SKIN; WATER;

EID: 0036525870     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1463047     Document Type: Article

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