Interstitial Nd:YAG laser coagulation using simultaneous multiple fiber application with an optical beamsplitter: The importance of mutual fiber distance

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2970, Issue , 1997, Pages 522-525

  Heisterkamp, Joos ^a   Van Hillegersberg, Richard ^a   Sinofsky, Edward L ^b   Ijzermans, Jan N M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Rare Earth Medical   (United States)

Author keywords

Cylindrical diffusing fiber; Ex vivo; Fiber; Livermetastases; Thermotherapy

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; CARBONIZATION; COAGULATION; LASERS; LIGANDS; NEODYMIUM; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; PHYSICAL THERAPY; PLANERS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SURGERY; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

CYLINDRICAL DIFFUSING FIBER; EX VIVO; EXPOSURE TIMES; FIBER APPLICATIONS; FIBER DISTANCES; FOUR CHANNELS; LASER COAGULATIONS; LASER POWERS; LIVER TISSUES; LIVERMETASTASES; MUTUAL DISTANCES; ND:YAG LASERS; OPTICAL-; OPTIMAL COMBINATIONS; OPTIMAL SETTINGS; POWER LEVELS; THERMOTHERAPY; THREE DIRECTIONS;

FIBERS;

EID: 58049164282     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.275086     Document Type: Conference Paper

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