Experimental study on the vascular thermal response to visible laser pulses

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 135-145

  Li, D ^a   Chen, B ^a   Wu, W J ^a   Wang, G X ^a,b   He, Y L ^a   Ying, Z X ^c  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Akron   (United States)

^c XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dorsal skin chamber; Laser irradiation; Port wine stain; Pulsed dye laser; Vessel thermal responses

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BLOOD VESSEL; DYE LASER; HEAT; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; PORT-WINE STAIN; RADIATION RESPONSE; RAT; SKIN; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; THERAPEUTIC USE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; HOT TEMPERATURE; LASERS, DYE; LOW-LEVEL LIGHT THERAPY; MALE; PORT-WINE STAIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SKIN;

EID: 84939890684     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: 1435604X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10103-014-1631-3     Document Type: Article

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