Vis-NIR spectroscopic and clinical evaluations of the response of spider leg veins to a high-powered, pulsed diode laser (810 nm) therapy

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5142, Issue , 2003, Pages 50-58

  Schmidt, Wolf Dieter ^a   Konrad, Helga ^b   Scheibe, Armin ^a   Haroske, Gunther ^b   Zimmermann, Gabriele ^c   Astafyeva, Liudmila G ^d   Wollina, Uwe ^b   Fassler, Dieter ^a  

^a Department of Photonics and Sensors ^*  (Germany)

^b ACADEMIC TEACHING HOSPITAL DRESDEN FRIEDRICHSTADT   (Germany)

^c Asclepion Laser Technology GmbH   (Germany)

^d B I STEPANOV INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Belarus)

Author keywords

Diode laser; Histology; Near infrared; Spectroscopy; Spider leg vein; Vascular

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

LASER TREATMENT; LIGHT THERAPY; NON INVASIVE EVALUATION TOOL; PULSED DIODE LASER THERAPY;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 1342267383     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.499150     Document Type: Conference Paper

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