On-off laser delivery into a precise tissue area using smart tissue-activated fiber probes

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 331-336

  Ilev, Ilko K ^a   Waynant, Ronald W ^a   Byrnes, Kimberly R ^b   Anders, Juanita J ^b  

^a CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser delivery; Mid infrared (mid IR) laser delivery; Smart optical fiber probes; Tissue illumination; Total internal reflectance

Indexed keywords

LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTICAL FIBERS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TISSUE;

MID-INFRARED LASER DELIVERY; ON-OFF LASER DELIVERY; SMART OPTICAL FIBER PROBE; TOTAL-INTERNAL REFLECTANCE;

PROBES;

EID: 0242577477     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2003.814197     Document Type: Article

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