Porcine cortical bone ablation by ultrashort pulsed laser irradiation

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Emigh, Brent ^a   An, Ran ^a   Hsu, Eugene M ^a   Crawford, Travis H R ^a   Haugen, Harold K ^a   Who, Gregory R ^a   Hayward, Joseph E ^a   Fang, Qiyin ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Laser ablation; Orthopedic applications

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SCAPULA; SWINE;

ANIMALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASER THERAPY; SCAPULA; SWINE;

EID: 84864516261     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.17.2.028001     Document Type: Article

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