Port wine stain laser therapy and the computer-assisted modeling of vessel coagulation using the finite elements method

Medical Laser Application

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 247-254

  Bäumler, Wolfgang ^a   Vogl, Annegret ^a   Landthaler, Michael ^a   Waner, Milton ^b   Shafirstein, Gal ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite elements method; Mathematical simulations; Port wine stains; Pulsed dye laser

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER THEORY; LASERS;

MATHEMATICAL SIMULATION; PORT WINE STAINS; PULSED DYE LASER; THERMAL ACTION;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE MODEL; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEAT TREATMENT; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; PHOTON; PULSED DYE LASER; SKIN STIMULATION; THERMAL STIMULATION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 27944472182     PISSN: 16151615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mla.2005.08.006     Document Type: Article

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