Irradiation planning for automated treatment of psoriasis with a high-power excimer laser

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6078, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Klämpfl, Florian ^a   Schmidt, Michael ^a   Hagenah, Hinnerk ^b   Görtler, Andreas ^c   Wolfsgruber, Frank ^d   Lampalzer, Ralf ^e   Kaudewitz, Peter ^f  

^a Bayerisches Laserzentrum gGmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c TUI   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^e 3D Shape GmbH   (Germany)

^f LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automated irradiation; Excimer laser; Optimization; Planning; Psoriasis

Indexed keywords

DERMATOLOGY; EXCIMER LASERS; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LASER PULSES; OPTIMIZATION; PATIENT TREATMENT; PLANNING;

AUTOMATED IRRADIATION; AUTOMATED LASER TREATMENT SYSTEM; PSORIASIS; TIME FRAME;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 33646178753     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.646449     Document Type: Conference Paper

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