Time resolved detection of tissue denaturation during retinal photocoagulation

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7373, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Schlott, Kerstin ^a,b   Langejürgen, Jens ^b   Bever, Marco ^a   Koinzer, Stefan ^c   Birngruber, Reginald ^a,b   Brinkmann, Ralf ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL LASER CENTER LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Laser; Optoacoustics; Photocoagulation; Retina; Temperature monitoring

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVES; ED50 THRESHOLD; ENUCLEATED PORCINE EYE; IN-VIVO; IRRADIATION TIME; LASER TREATMENT; ND : YAG LASERS; ND:YLF LASER; OPTOACOUSTICS; PHOTOCOAGULATION; Q-SWITCHED; RABBIT EYES; RETINA; RETINAL DISEASE; TEMPERATURE COURSE; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; TEMPERATURE MONITORING; THERMAL COAGULATIONS; TIME-RESOLVED DETECTION; TREATMENT METHODS;

COAGULATION; HEATING; IRRADIATION; LASER EXCITATION; LASER TISSUE INTERACTION; LASERS; NEODYMIUM; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; TEMPERATURE SENSORS;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 70349985059     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.831877     Document Type: Conference Paper

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