Biophysical mechanisms responsible for pulsed low-level laser excitation of neural tissue

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6084, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Wells, Jonathon ^a   Kao, Chris ^a   Konrad, Peter ^a   Mahadevan Jansen, Anita ^a   Jansen, E Duco ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser induced biophysical mechanism; Nerve stimulation; Neural tissue; Optical stimulation; Pulsed laser

Indexed keywords

LASER INDUCED BIOPHYSICAL MECHANISM; NERVE STIMULATION; NEURAL TISSUE; OPTICAL STIMULATION;

DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; LASER DAMAGE; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; RADIOMETERS; THERMOCOUPLES; TISSUE;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 33646181596     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.655239     Document Type: Conference Paper

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