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New techniques for reducing the thermochemical damage in the course of laser surgery
Author(s) -
Armon Eliahu,
Laufer Gabriel
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
lasers in surgery and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.888
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1096-9101
pISSN - 0196-8092
DOI - 10.1002/lsm.1900070205
Subject(s) - laser , pulse (music) , laser surgery , surgical procedures , materials science , surgery , biomedical engineering , computer science , optics , medicine , physics , telecommunications , detector
New techniques were proposed for reducing the damage incurred to living tissues owing to temperature rise induced by surgical lasers. Precooling of the tissue and spatial filtering were evaluated numerically and were shown to be most effective in most surgical procedures. Application of pulse trains was also evaluated numerically and optimal operating conditions were identified.