Cooling efficiency of cryogen spray during laser therapy of skin

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 137-142

  Svaasand, L O ^a,b   Randeberg, L L ^a   Aguilar, G ^b,c   Majaron, B ^b,d   Kimel, S ^b,e   Lavernia, E J ^c   Nelson, J S ^b,c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^d JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^e TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Epidermis; Heat transfer coefficient; Port wine stains; Stratum corneum

Indexed keywords

NORFLURANE;

ARTICLE; COOLING; EPIDERMIS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HEAT TRANSFER; HUMAN; LASER; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRATUM CORNEUM; VASCULAR DISEASE;

CRYOTHERAPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ETHANE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; SILVER; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037281640     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.10120     Document Type: Article

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