Fiberoptic surgery by ultrabright lamp light

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Gordon, Jeffrey M ^a   Shaco Levy, Ruthy ^a   Feuermann, Daniel ^a   Ament, Jared ^a   Mizrahi, Solly ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Efficacy; Interstitial surgery; Optical fiber; Ultrabright lamp light

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; FIBER LASERS; LASER OPTICS; LIGHT EMISSION; SURGERY; ULTRAVIOLET LAMPS;

FIBEROPTIC SURGERY; LAMP EMISSIONS; ULTRABRIGHT LAMP LIGHT;

FIBER OPTICS;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; KIDNEY; LETTER; LIVER; LIVER RESECTION; METHODOLOGY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEPHRECTOMY; PATHOLOGY; PHOTOTHERAPY; RAT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; HEPATECTOMY; KIDNEY; LIVER; NEPHRECTOMY; RATS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 33845366980     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2363354     Document Type: Article

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