Intermittent cryogen spray cooling for optimal heat extraction during dermatologic laser treatment

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 3275-3288

  Majaron, Boris ^a,b   Svaasand, Lars O ^b,c   Aguilar, Guillermo ^b,d   Nelson, J Stuart ^b,d  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; HEAT TRANSFER; LASER SURGERY; SKIN;

BIRTHMARKS;

MEDICINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CRYOTHERAPY; HAIR FOLLICLE; HEAT TRANSFER; LASER SURGERY; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN SURFACE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

AEROSOL PROPELLANTS; CRYOTHERAPY; HEAT; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; HYDROCARBONS, FLUORINATED; LASER SURGERY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037152045     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/47/18/301     Document Type: Article

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