CO2 laser ablation of biological tissue

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3405, Issue , 1998, Pages 654-664

  Dumitras, Dan C ^a   Dutu, Doru C A ^a   Matei, Consuela Elena ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LASER   (Romania)

Author keywords

Biological tissue; CO2 laser; Laser ablation; Laser irradiance and radiant exposure; Thermal damage

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; LASER ABLATION; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; RELAXATION TIME; TISSUE;

ABLATION THRESHOLDS; BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; CO2-LASER; LASER IRRADIANCE AND RADIANT EXPOSURE; PROPAGATION OF LASER BEAMS; SPATIAL COHERENCE; THERMAL DAMAGE; THERMAL RELAXATION TIME;

PULSED LASERS;

EID: 34249844602     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.312824     Document Type: Conference Paper

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