NIR-laser tissue welding in an in vivo guinea pig animal model

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6854, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Sriramoju, Vidyasagar ^a   Savage, Howard E ^b   Katz, A ^a   Chakraverty, Rahul ^a   Budansky, Yuri ^a   Podder, Rakhi ^a   Davatgarzadeh, Naghmeh ^a   Kartazayev, Uladzimir ^a   Rosen, Richard B ^b   Alfano, R R ^a  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagen; In vivo laser tissue welding; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODELS; BONDING MATERIALS; CROSS LINKING; ELECTROSTATIC INTERACTIONS; EXPOSURE DURATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GUINEA PIGS; IN-VIVO; LASER EMITTING; LASER ENERGIES; LASER PARAMETERS; LASER POWERING; LASER TISSUE WELDING (LST); NEAR INFRA-RED (NIR); OPTICAL INTERACTIONS; PENETRATION DEPTHS; SCANNING RATES; STRENGTH (IGC: D5/D6); STRUCTURAL PROTEINS; WATER TEMPERATURES; WATER TIGHT; WELD LINES;

ABSORPTION; BIOMOLECULES; CELLS; COLLAGEN; COVALENT BONDS; CURVE FITTING; FIBER LASERS; FIBER OPTICS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; HEALTH; HEAT AFFECTED ZONE; HISTOLOGY; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN BONDS; INFRARED DEVICES; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LASER BEAM WELDING; LASER BEAMS; LASER TISSUE INTERACTION; LASERS; PIGMENTS; PROTEINS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SCANNING; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TENSILE STRENGTH; WATER ABSORPTION; WELDING; WELDS;

TISSUE;

EID: 42149171827     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.760044     Document Type: Conference Paper

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