Simultaneous irradiation of Er:YAG and Ho:YAG lasers for efficient ablation of hard tissues

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7173, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Watanabe, Tomonori ^a   Iwai, Katsumasa ^b   Matsuura, Yuji ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SENDAI NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Er:YAG laser; Hard tissue ablation; Ho:YAG laser

Indexed keywords

ABLATION MECHANISMS; ALUMINA CERAMIC BALLS; DELAY-TIME; ER: YAG; ER:YAG LASER; HARD TISSUE ABLATION; HARD TISSUES; HO:YAG LASER; INFRA-RED THERMOGRAPHIES; LASER POWER; SIMULTANEOUS IRRADIATIONS; ULTRA-HIGH SPEED;

ABLATION; ALUMINA; CAMERAS; ERBIUM; HISTOLOGY; HOLMIUM; LASER TISSUE INTERACTION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL SENSORS; REMOTE SENSING; TISSUE;

LASERS;

EID: 65349177754     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.807910     Document Type: Conference Paper

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