Measurements of laser light attenuation following cryogen spray cooling spurt termination

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 143-147

  Edris, Ahmad ^a   Choi, Bernard ^b   Aguilar, Guillermo ^b,c   Nelson, J Stuart ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryogen spray cooling; Dermatology; Laser surgery; Skin; Transmittance

Indexed keywords

EPOXY RESIN; NORFLURANE;

ARTICLE; COOLING; DIODE LASER; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; LIGHT; MEASUREMENT; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SURGERY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

CRYOTHERAPY; EPOXY RESINS; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, FLUORINATED; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SKIN; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037281761     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.10151     Document Type: Article

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