Laser distance measurement using a newly developed composite-type optical fiberscope for fetoscopic laser surgery

Optics and Lasers in Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 974-977

  Seki, Takeshi ^a,b   Oka, Kiyoshi ^b   Naganawa, Akihiro ^a   Yamashita, Hiromasa ^c   Kim, Keri ^c,d   Chiba, Toshio ^d  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

Author keywords

Composite type optical fiberscope (COF); Distance measurement; Endoscopic surgery; Fetal surgery; Laser blood flow meter

Indexed keywords

AMNIOTIC FLUID; COMMUNICATING VESSELS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EXPERIMENTAL ENVIRONMENT; FETAL SURGERY; IN-VIVO; IN-VIVO EXPERIMENTS; LASER IRRADIATIONS; LASER LIGHTS; MORTALITY RATE; NEW SYSTEM; TARGET OBJECT; TARGET VESSELS;

AIR; BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; ENDOSCOPY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOWMETERS; IRRADIATION; TARGETS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

LASER SURGERY;

EID: 77955430670     PISSN: 01438166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlaseng.2010.05.010     Document Type: Article

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