Material ejection in Q-switched Er:YAG laser ablation of water, liver, and skin

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4961, Issue , 2003, Pages 48-59

  Apitz, Ingo ^a   Vogel, Alfred ^a  

^a MEDICAL LASER CENTER LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ablative recoil; Confined boiling; Er:YAG laser; Laser tissue ablation; Material ejection; Phase explosion; Photothermal dissociation; Recoil induced expulsion; Shock waves; Vapor explosion

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISSOCIATION; LASER PULSES; LASER TISSUE INTERACTION; PYROLYSIS; Q SWITCHED LASERS; SHOCK WAVES; SKIN; VAPORIZATION; WATER;

BIOMOLECULES; CONFINED BOILING; LIVER; MATERIAL EJECTION; NONEQUILIBRIUM SURFACE VAPORIZATION; PHOTOTHERMAL DISSOCIATION; RECOIL INDUCED MATERIAL EXPULSION;

LASER ABLATION;

EID: 0345479151     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.477707     Document Type: Conference Paper

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