Effects of hypobaric pressure on human skin: Implications for cryogen spray cooling (Part II)

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 130-135

  Aguilar, Guillermo ^a,b   Franco, Walfre ^a,b   Liu, Jie ^a   Svaasand, Lars O ^c   Nelson, J Stuart ^b  

^a University of California Riverside   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dermatology; Port wine stains; Selective photothermolysis; Skin vacuum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOLING; CRYOGEN SPRAY COOLING; EVAPORATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEAT TRANSFER; HUMAN; HYPOBARISM; IN VIVO STUDY; IRRADIATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; PHANTOM; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN HEMANGIOMA; SKIN PROTECTION; TECHNIQUE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM;

AEROSOLS; COLD; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, FLUORINATED; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS; PORT-WINE STAIN; PRESSURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOGRAPHY; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 14644386957     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20149     Document Type: Article

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