Shedding light: Laser physics and mechanism of action

Phlebology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-28

  De Felice, E ^a  

^a Vein and Laser   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chromophore; Coherent; Collimated; Endovenous laser ablation; Fluence; Monochromatic; Photothermal; Stimulated emission

Indexed keywords

ALEXANDRITE LASER; ANGIOMA; ARGON LASER; BLEEDING; BLISTER; CHERRY ANGIOMA; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; COPPER BROMIDE LASER; COPPER VAPOR LASER; DIODE LASER; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENDOVENOUS LASER ABLATION; ERYTHEMA; EYE DISEASE; FACE TELANGIECTASIA; HEMANGIOMA; HEMATOMA; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; INFECTION; LASER; LASER SURGERY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEODYMIUM LASER; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; PAIN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POTASSIUM TITANYL PHOSPHATE LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; PURPURA; RADIATION INJURY; REVIEW; ROSACEA; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN DISCOLORATION; SKIN DISCOMFORT; SKIN EDEMA; SPIDER NEVUS; TELANGIECTASIA; VARICOSIS; VEIN DISEASE; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

BLOOD VESSELS; BURNS; DERMATOLOGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FIRES; HEMANGIOMA; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS; OPTICAL PHENOMENA; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TELANGIECTASIS; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 76149127678     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: 14333031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/phleb.2009.009036     Document Type: Review

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