Optical absorption coefficient, time of thermal relaxation, time of surface threshold, and time of heat incubation for PMMA samples at the Co2 laser-beam wavelength of 10.6 μm

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 655-659

  Canestri, Franco ^a  

^a AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; RELAXATION PROCESSES;

HEAT INCUBATION TIME; MATHEMATICAL IDENTIFICATION; RELAXATION TIME;

CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS;

BONE CEMENT; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BONE INJURY; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HEAT; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OPERATING ROOM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SAFETY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TECHNIQUE; WATER CONTENT;

BONE CEMENTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; HUMANS; LASERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 33750964158     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2006.24.655     Document Type: Article

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