Semianalytical thermal model for subablative laser heating of homogeneous nonperfused biological tissue: application to laser thermokeratoplasty

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 288-297

  Manns, Fabrice ^a,b   Borja, David ^a,b   Parel, Jean Marie ^a,b   Smiddy, William ^b   Culbertson, William ^b  

^a University of Miami College of Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cornea; Laser thermokeratoplasty; Laser tissu e interaction; Sclera; Shrinkage; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CELLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT CONVECTION; LASER ABLATION; LASER BEAMS; LASER SURGERY; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SHRINKAGE; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CORNEA; LASER THERMOKERATOPLASTY; NONPERFUSED BIOLOGICAL TISSUE; SCLERA; SEMIANALYTICAL THERMAL MODEL;

LASER TISSUE INTERACTION;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORNEA; EVALUATION; HUMAN; LASER; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORNEA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; LASERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038607078     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1560644     Document Type: Article

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