The heat-pipe resembling action of boiling bubbles in endovenous laser ablation

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 907-909

  Van Der Geld, Cees W M ^a   Van Den Bos, Renate R ^b   Van Ruijven, Peter W M ^a   Nijsten, Tamar ^b   Neumann, H A Martino ^b   Van Gemert, Martin J C ^c  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Boiling bubbles; Endovenous laser ablation; Heat pipe function of treated vein; Phlebology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; EVAPORATION; HEAT TRANSFER; LASER SURGERY; MICROBUBBLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; THERAPY EFFECT; THERMODYNAMICS; VARICOSIS; VEIN WALL;

BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMODYNAMICS; VEINS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 77957282822     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10103-010-0780-2     Document Type: Article

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