Ophthalmic applications of ultrafast lasers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3269, Issue , 1998, Pages 76-83

  Kurtz, Ron M ^a   Juhasz, Tibor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Femtosecond; Ophthalmology; Photodisruption; Surgery; Ultrafast laser

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; LASER SURGERY; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; SHOCK WAVES; SURGERY; TISSUE; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

FEMTOSECOND RANGE; FEMTOSECONDS; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; NANOSECOND PULSE; ND : YAG LASERS; OPTICAL BREAKDOWN; PHOTODISRUPTION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

ULTRAFAST LASERS;

EID: 0039223624     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.312333     Document Type: Conference Paper

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