Dynamic behavior of cryogen spray cooling: Effects of spurt duration and spray distance

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 152-159

  Aguilar, Guillermo ^a,b   Wang, Guo Xiang ^c   Nelson, J Stuart ^a,b  

^a University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c The University of Akron   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooling selectivity; Cryogen droplets; Cryogen layer; Droplet momentum; Skin cooling; Surface heat flux

Indexed keywords

NORFLURANE; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); RESIN;

ARTICLE; COOLING; DYNAMICS; EPIDERMIS; FILM; HEAT TRANSFER; HEMANGIOMA; LASER SURGERY; LIQUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; SKIN SURGERY; TELANGIECTASIA; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL INJURY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

CRYOTHERAPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, FLUORINATED; LASER SURGERY; PARTICLE SIZE; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY; THERMOMETERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0346035961     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.10133     Document Type: Article

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