Ablation of soft tissue at 6.45 μm using a strontium vapor laser

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5319, Issue , 2004, Pages 201-208

  Mackanos, Mark A ^a   Ivanov, Borislav ^b,c   Soldatov, A N ^d   Kostadinov, I ^e   Mendenhall, Marcus H ^b,c   Piston, David W ^f   Haglund Jr , Richard F ^b,c   Jansen, E Duco ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c W M Keck Found Free Electron LC   (Russian Federation)

^d TOMSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^e Pulslight Co   (Bulgaria)

^f VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

6.45 m; Ablation; Soft tissue; Strontium vapor, laser

Indexed keywords

GAS DISCHARGES; SINGLE PULSE ABLATION; SOFT TISSUES;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LASER ABLATION; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LASER BEAMS; PATIENT TREATMENT; STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS; VAPORS;

TISSUE;

EID: 5644244999     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.535479     Document Type: Conference Paper

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