Carbonized blood deposited on fibres during 810, 940 and 1,470 nm Endovenous laser ablation: thickness and absorption by optical coherence tomography

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 439-447

  Amzayyb, Mustafa ^a,b   Van Den Bos, Renate R ^c   Kodach, Vitali M ^a   De Bruin, D Martijn ^a   Nijsten, Tamar ^c   Neumann, H A Martino ^c   Van Gemert, Martin J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b THE HAGUE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

810, 940, 1,470 nm; Deposited layer on fibre tip; Endovenous laser ablation; Fibre tip damage; Layer absorption; Layer thickness; OCT; Phlebology; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOVENOUS LASER ABLATION; FIBER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LASER SURGERY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; BLOOD; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; VARICOSIS;

GLASS FIBER;

BLOOD; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL PHENOMENA; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 77953071109     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10103-009-0749-1     Document Type: Article

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