The effects of intense pulsed light (IPL) on blood vessels investigated by mathematical modeling

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 132-139

  Bäumler, Wolfgang ^a   Vural, Emre ^b,c   Landthaler, Michael ^a   Muzzi, Francesco ^d   Shafirstein, Gal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d DEKA Mela   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIFFUSION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEAT; HEATING; INTENSE PULSED LIGHT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIGHT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

BLOOD VESSELS; HEAT; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33947150011     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20408     Document Type: Article

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