Qualitative optical-thermal model of argon, selective, and microsecond infrared laser trabeculoplasty

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4951, Issue , 2003, Pages 71-76

  Manns, Fabrice ^a,b   Parel, Jean Marie ^a,b,c   Fernandez, Viviana ^a   Stoiber, Joseph ^a   Lamar, Peggy ^a   Salas, Nelson ^a,b   Fantes, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Miami College of Engineering   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Heating; Laser; Thermal; Trabecular meshwork; Trabeculoplasty

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; LASER PULSES; LASER SURGERY; LASER TISSUE INTERACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEODYMIUM LASERS;

GLAUCOMA; LASER TRABECULOPLASTY; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

EID: 0345283217     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.482372     Document Type: Conference Paper

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