Fractional ablative erbium YAG laser: Histological characterization of relationships between laser settings and micropore dimensions

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 281-289

  Taudorf, Elisabeth H ^a   Haak, Christina S ^a,b   Erlendsson, Andrés M ^a   Philipsen, Peter A ^a   Anderson, R Rox ^b   Paasch, Uwe ^c   Haedersdal, Merete ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

erbium laser; histology; laser assisted drug delivery; MAZ; microscopic ablation zone; photothermolysis; resurfacing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DERMIS; ENERGY; EPIDERMIS; ERBIUM YAG LASER; EX VIVO STUDY; HISTOLOGY; LASER COAGULATION; LASER SURGERY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROSCOPIC ABLATION ZONE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SWINE; ANIMAL; BIOPSY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; PATHOLOGY; SKIN; SKIN SURGERY; SOLID STATE LASER; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY; DERMATOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; LINEAR MODELS; SKIN; SWINE;

EID: 84899420088     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.22228     Document Type: Article

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