Hollow-waveguide-based nanosecond, near-infrared pulsed laser ablation of tissue

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 149-154

  Sato, Shunichi ^a   Shi, Yi Wei ^b   Matsuura, Yuji ^b   Miyagi, Mitsunobu ^b   Ashida, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Defocused distance; Drug delivery system; Mechanical effect; Myocardial tissue; Q switched Nd:YAG laser; Thermal damage; Transmission; Transmyocardial laser revascularization

Indexed keywords

CYCLOALKENE; POLYMER; SILVER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; HEART MUSCLE; HISTOLOGY; HOLLOW FIBER; HOLLOW WAVEGUIDE; LASER PULSE ENERGY; LASER SURGERY; NEAR INFRARED PULSED LASER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ENERGY; SOLID STATE; SOLID STATE LASER; SWINE; VACUUM;

ANIMALS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HEART; LASER SURGERY; MYOCARDIUM; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SWINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 24644449686     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20210     Document Type: Article

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