Plasma-mediated tissue ablation with nanosecond laser pulses in the spectral region from ultraviolet to near-infrared: In-vitro study with porcine myocardium tissue

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4161, Issue , 2000, Pages 12-17

  Sato, Shunichi ^a   Ogura, Makoto ^b   Shimada, Tomoaki ^b   Ishihara, Miya ^c   Arai, Tsunenori ^c   Matsui, Takemi ^a   Kurita, Akira ^a   Obara, Minoru ^c   Kikuchi, Makoto ^c   Wakisaka, Hitoshi ^a   Ashida, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Keio University ^*

Author keywords

Laser ablation; Laser induced plasma; Mechanical damage; Myocardium tissue; Near infrared; Q switched Nd:YAG laser; Thermal damage; Transmyocardial laser revascularization (TMLR); Ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; IRRADIATION; LASER DAMAGE; LASER PULSES; LASER TISSUE INTERACTION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; Q SWITCHED LASERS; TISSUE;

MECHANICAL DAMAGE; NANOSECOND LASER PULSES; PLASMA MEDIATED TISSUE ABLATION; POLARIZATION OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PORCINE MYOCARDIUM TISSUE; THERMAL DAMAGE; TRANSMYOCARDIAL LASER REVASCULARIZATION;

LASER ABLATION;

EID: 17944378093     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.409316     Document Type: Article

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