Surgical applications of femtosecond lasers

Journal of Biophotonics

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 557-572

  Chung, Samuel H ^a   Mazur, Eric ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Femtosecond lasers; Nanosurgery; Subcellular laser ablation

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL APPLICATION; DENTAL SURGERY; ELEGANS; FEMTO-SECOND LASER; FEMTOSECOND LASER ABLATION; FEMTOSECOND LASER SYSTEM; FUTURE TRENDS; NANOSURGERY; NON-INVASIVE; SUB-CELLULAR; SUBCELLULAR LASER ABLATION; SUBMICROMETER RESOLUTION; SURGICAL APPLICATIONS; ZEBRAFISH;

LASER ABLATION; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

LASER SURGERY;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DANIO RERIO;

ANIMAL; EYE SURGERY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; ORAL SURGERY; REVIEW; TIME;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 76549091700     PISSN: 1864063X     EISSN: 18640648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbio.200910053     Document Type: Review

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