Optimal wavelengths for vein-selective photothermolysis

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 152-157

  Rubin, Iris K ^a,b   Farinelli, William A ^c   Doukas, Apostolos ^c   Anderson, R Rox ^c  

^a Dermatology Center   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

laser; port wine stain; selective photothermolysis; vein; venous lesion

Indexed keywords

DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN; METHEMOGLOBIN; OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ARTERIAL BLOOD; ARTICLE; DYE LASER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER COAGULATION; NEODYMIUM LASER; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; VEIN SELECTIVE PHOTOTHERMOLYSIS; VENOUS BLOOD;

BLOOD; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD COAGULATION; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; LASERS, DYE; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; METHEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN; OXYHEMOGLOBINS; VEINS;

EID: 84863393478     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.21161     Document Type: Article

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