Relevance of the structure of time-resolved spectral output to light-tissue interaction using intense pulsed light (IPL)

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 83-92

  Ash, Caerwyn ^a   Town, Godfrey ^b   Bjerring, Peter ^c  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Molholm Hospital ^*

^c Molholm Hospital   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Selective photothermolysis; Spectral footprint; Square pulse; Time resolved spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; ENERGY; EVALUATION; INTENSE PULSED LIGHT; LIGHT; OPTICAL DENSITY; PARAMETER; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TIME RESOLVED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; PHOTOTHERAPY; SKIN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 40449092606     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20596     Document Type: Article

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