Effect of micropulse duration on tissue ablation using a stretched free electron laser pulse train

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5340, Issue , 2004, Pages 87-95

  Kozub, John A ^a   Mackanos, Mark A ^b   Mendenhall, Marcus H ^a   Jansen, E Duco ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Free electron laser; Non linear absorption; Stretched pulse; Tissue ablation

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; FREE ELECTRON LASERS; GELATION; IRRADIATION; LASER PULSES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOTONS; POLYAMIDES; PROTEINS;

FREE ELECTRON LASER PULSE TRAIN; NON-LINEAR ABSORPTION; STRETCHED-PULSE; TISSUE ABLATION;

TISSUE;

EID: 3543052888     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.535893     Document Type: Conference Paper

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