Modeling of Skin Tissue Ablation by Nanosecond Pulses from Ultraviolet to Near-Infrared and Comparison with Experimental Results

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-77

  Fang, Qiyin ^a,b   Hu, Xin Hua ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological tissues; Biomedical applications of optical radiation; Laser ablation; Neodymium:YAG lasers; Optical breakdown

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; IONIZING RADIATION; LASER ABLATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SKIN; TISSUE; VAPORIZATION;

OPTICAL RADIATION; SPECTRAL BANDS;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 0742290134     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2003.820837     Document Type: Article

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