Near-infrared laser welding of aortic and skin tissues and microscopic investigation of welding efficacy

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4949, Issue , 2003, Pages 182-185

  Gayen, Tapan K ^a   Katz, A ^a   Savage, Howard E ^b   Lee, John ^a   Paul, M ^a   Halder, Rabindra ^a   McCormick, Steven A ^b   Alfano, R R ^a  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

NIR Tunable Lasers; Tissue Welding

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; LASER BEAM WELDING; LASER TISSUE INTERACTION; LASER TUNING; LIGHT ABSORPTION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

NEAR-INFRARED (NIR) LASERS;

LASER SURGERY;

EID: 0141606045     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.476392     Document Type: Conference Paper

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