Subsurface photodisruption in human sclera: Wavelength dependence

Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 104-113

  Sacks, Zachary S ^c   Kurtz, Ronald M ^b   Juhasz, Tibor ^a   Spooner, Gregory ^c   Mouroua, Gerard A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of California Irvine ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMTOSECOND LASER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCISION; INJURY; LASER SURGERY; LIGHT; LIGHT WAVELENGTH; MEASUREMENT; PHOTODISRUPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERA; WAVEFORM; GLAUCOMA; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SCLERA;

EID: 0037360143     PISSN: 15428877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1542-8877-20030301-06     Document Type: Article

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