Mid infrared optical parametric oscillator (OPO) as a viable alternative to tissue ablation with the free electron laser (FEL)

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 230-236

  Mackanos, Mark A ^a,b,d   Simanovskii, Dmitrii ^b   Joos, Karen M ^c   Schwettman, H Alan ^b   Jansen, E Duco ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cornea; FEL; Laser ablation; Mid infrared; OPO

Indexed keywords

GERMANIUM DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHORUS DERIVATIVE; ZINC DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ERBIUM YAG LASER; FREE ELECTRON LASER; HISTOLOGY; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATOR; OSCILLATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWINE; THERMAL INJURY;

ANIMALS; CORNEA; LASER SURGERY; MODELS, ANIMAL; SWINE;

EID: 34247202637     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20461     Document Type: Article

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