Thermal response of human skin epidermis in different skin types to 595-nm laser irradiation and cryogen spray cooling: An ex-vivo study

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4949, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-9

  Dai, Tianhong ^a   Pikkula, Brian M ^a   Tunnell, James W ^a   Chang, David W ^b   Anvari, Bahman ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermatological laser treatment; Epidermal protection; Port wine stain; Pulsed dye laser; Selective cooling; Selective photothermolysis

Indexed keywords

DYE LASERS; HISTOLOGY; SKIN; THERMAL EFFECTS;

SPRAY COOLING;

LASER BEAM EFFECTS;

EID: 0141829204     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.476134     Document Type: Conference Paper

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