Intradermally focused infrared laser pulses: Thermal effects at defined tissue depths

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 270-280

  Khan, Misbah Huzaira ^a,d   Sink, R Kehl ^b   Manstein, Dieter ^a   Eimerl, David ^c   Anderson, R Rox ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Reliant Technologies   (United States)

^c EIMEX Software and Consulting   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Focused laser pulses; Intradermal focusing; Near infrared laser; Photorejuvenation

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM;

ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURATION; DIODE LASER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; FROZEN SECTION; HEAT TREATMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFRARED RADIATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MICROSCOPY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OPTICS; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; SKIN DISEASE; THERMAL INJURY;

BURNS; DERMIS; HEAT; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; LASER SURGERY; LASERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 17744372261     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20142     Document Type: Article

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