Medical applications of mid-IR lasers. Problems and prospects

Journal of Optical Technology (A Translation of Opticheskii Zhurnal)

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 6-17

  Serebryakova, V A ^a   Boiko E V ^b   Petrishchev, N N ^c   Yan, A V ^b  

^a ITMO UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b S M Kirov Armed Forces Medical Academy   (Russian Federation)

^c PAVLOV FIRST SAINT PETERSBURG STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH ENERGY LASERS; LASER SURGERY; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; RADIATION EFFECTS; TISSUE;

APPLICATION OF LASER; BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; COLLATERAL EFFECTS; HIGH REPETITION FREQUENCIES; HIGH-PRECISION; LOW PULSE ENERGY; PARAMETRIC GENERATION; RADIATION INTENSITY;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 77449132011     PISSN: 10709762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/jot.77.000006     Document Type: Article

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