Some controversies in endovenous laser ablation of varicose veins addressed by optical-thermal mathematical modeling

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 441-452

  Poluektova, Anna A ^a   Malskat, Wendy S J ^b   Van Gemert, Martin J C ^c   Vuylsteke, Marc E ^d   Bruijninckx, Cornelis M A ^e   Neumann, H A Martino ^b   Van Der Geld, Cees W M ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d Sint Andriesziekenhuis   (Belgium)

^e Helder Clinic Equipezorgbedrijven   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carbonized layer; EVLA (endovenous laser ablation); Heat conduction; Laser wavelength; Light absorption; Optical thermal model

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; WATER;

ABLATION THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE SIMULATION; ENDOVENOUS LASER ABLATION; HEAT TRANSFER; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; LASER SURGERY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VARICOSIS; VEIN DIAMETER; VELOCITY; WATER VAPOR; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HEAT; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; OPTICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; VARICOSE VEINS;

ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 84896957040     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: 1435604X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10103-013-1450-y     Document Type: Article

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