Fiber-delivered mid-infrared (6-7 μm) laser ablation of retinal tissue under perfluorodecalin

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4951, Issue , 2003, Pages 83-91

  Mackanos, Mark A ^a   Joos, Karen M ^b   Jansen, E Duco ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LASER ABLATION; LASER DAMAGE; LASER SURGERY; LASER TISSUE INTERACTION; SOLID STATE LASERS;

LASER BASED VITREORETINAL SURGERY; PERFLUORODECALIN; RETINAL TISSUE;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

EID: 0344851807     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.482369     Document Type: Conference Paper

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