Theory concerning the ablation of corneal tissue with large-area, 193-nm excimer laser beams

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Munnerlyn, Charles R ^a   Arnoldussen, Mark E ^a   Munnerlyn, Audrey L ^a   Logan, Benjamin A ^a  

^a Advanced Medical Optics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation of tissue; Ablation plume; Central islands; Central underablation; Excimer lasers

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; EXCIMER LASERS; LASER BEAMS; TISSUE; VISION;

ABLATION OF TISSUE; ABLATION PLUME; CENTRAL LASERS; CENTRAL UNDERABLATION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

SUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORNEA; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORNEA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 33847315986     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2399091     Document Type: Article

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