Mid-IR Germanium oxide fibers for contact erbium laser tissue ablation in endoscopic surgery

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1709-1714

  Scott, Nicholas J ^a   Barton, Robert A ^a   Casperson, Andrew L ^a   Tchapyjnikov, Alexei ^b   Levin, Ken ^b   Tran, Danh ^b   Fried, Nathaniel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b Infrared Fiber Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Erbium; Laser ablation; Laser biomedical applications; Optical fiber testing

Indexed keywords

ENDOSCOPY; LASER ABLATION; SURGERY; TISSUE;

ENDOSCOPIC SURGICAL APPLICATIONS; ERBIUM LASERS; LASER BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; NONCONTACT TISSUE ABLATION; SAPPHIRE FIBER TIPS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 38149075222     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2007.910557     Document Type: Article

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