Principles of lasers and biophotonic effects

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 411-417

  Knappe, Verena ^a   Frank, Frank ^a   Rohde, Ewa ^a  

^a Laser und Medizin Technologie GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; LASER BEAMS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOTOIONIZATION; PHOTOMECHANICS; RADIATION;

LASER RADIATION; PERCUTANEOUS LASER DISC DECOMPRESSION (PLDD); PHOTOTHERMAL EFFECTS;

TISSUE;

ARGON LASER; BIOPHOTONICS; BIOPHYSICS; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; DIODE LASER; DYE LASER; EFFECTIVE POWER DENSITY; ELECTRON RADIATION; ERBIUM YAG LASER; EXCIMER LASER; FREE ELECTRON LASER; FREQUENCY DOUBLED NEODYMIUM LASER; HOLMIUM LASER; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; KRYPTON LASER; LASER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; NEODYMIUM LASER; PERCUTANEOUS LASER DISC DECOMPRESSION; PHOTOCHEMICAL EFFECT; PHOTOIONIZING EFFECT; PHOTOMECHANICAL EFFECT; PHOTON; PHOTOTHERMAL EFFECT; RADIATION ENERGY; REVIEW; RUBY LASER; SOLID STATE; TIME; TISSUE;

ARGON; BIOPHYSICS; CARBON DIOXIDE; HUMANS; KRYPTON; LASERS; NEODYMIUM; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; TEMPERATURE; YTTRIUM;

EID: 8644285352     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2004.22.411     Document Type: Review

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