Modeling thermal damage in skin from 2000-nm laser irradiation

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Chen, Bo ^a   Thomsen, Sharon L ^a   Thomas, Robert J ^b   Welch, Ashley J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Damage threshold; Finite element modeling; Laser injury; Laser safety; Maximum permissible exposure; Skin damage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BURN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INJURY; LASER; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKIN; STANDARD;

BURNS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; LASERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SKIN;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HISTOLOGY; IRRADIATION; LASER SAFETY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PATHOLOGY; SKIN;

AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE (ANSI); LASER INJURY; LASER-BEAM DIAMETER; OPTICAL-THERMAL-DAMAGE MODEL;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 33847301866     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2402114     Document Type: Article

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