The role of laser tunnels in laser-assisted lipolysis

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 728-737

  Seckel, Brooke R ^a   Doherty, Sean T ^a   Childs, James J ^b   Smirnov, Mikhail Z ^b   Cohen, Richard H ^b   Altshuler, Gregory B ^b  

^a Boston Plastic Surgery Associates   (United States)

^b Palomar Medical Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Body shaping; Dermis; Fat; Fractional; Liposuction; Photothermolysis; Tightening

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIPOLYSIS; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LIPECTOMY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SWINE;

EID: 74549217186     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20867     Document Type: Article

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