High-speed photography of plasma during excimer laser-tissue interaction

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 3325-3340

  Murray, Andrea K ^a   Dickinson, Mark R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH-SPEED PHOTOGRAPHY; LASER-TISSUES;

ATTENUATION; DEBRIS; EXCIMER LASERS; LASER ABLATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; TISSUE;

PLASMAS;

ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTIN; DENTISTRY; DIODE; ENAMEL; EXCIMER LASER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILLUMINATION; LUMINANCE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MOLAR TOOTH; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STEADY STATE; TISSUE INTERACTION; TISSUE TYPES; WAVEFORM;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; GASES; HEAT; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MOLAR; PHOTOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSAGE; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 4444368224     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/15/001     Document Type: Article

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