Skin model surface temperatures during single and multiple cryogen spurts used in laser dermatologic surgery

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 141-146

  Ramirez San Juan, Julio C ^a,b   Aguilar, Guillermo ^a,c   Tuqan, Alia T ^a   Kelly, Kristen M ^a   Nelson, J Stuart ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ASTROFÍSICA   (Mexico)

^c University of California Riverside   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooling selectivity; Cryo injury; Dynamic cooling; Port wine stain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLD INJURY; COOLING; CRYOGEN SPRAY COOLING; EXPOSURE; LASER SURGERY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INJURY; SKIN PROTECTION; SKIN SURGERY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TECHNIQUE;

AEROSOLS; COLD; CRYOTHERAPY; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, FLUORINATED; LASER SURGERY; MODELS, ANATOMIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 14644410480     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20124     Document Type: Article

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