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1 September 1990 Preliminary results on the approval of a switchable 1064/532 nm laser
Peter Greve, Roland Hagemann
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Proceedings Volume 1353, First International Conference on Lasers and Medicine; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.23749
Event: First International Conference on Lasers and Medicine, 1990, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Abstract
Lasers for medical applications can be classified into five interaction groups (Table 1): - photochemical interaction - thermal interaction/coagulation - cutting / vaporisation - photoablation - electromechanical interaction / disruption Each interaction mechanism has typical interaction times and power levels. Typical laser systems are established within each field. Tissue coagulation is done on the time scale of 0.01 - 10 seconds with continuouswave (cw) lasers. Depending on the penetration depth needed a laser in the green, near infrared or for infrased region in used. For 10.6 jm (CO2 -laser) the penetration depth is so small, that even medium intensities effect vaporisation (Fig. 1).
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Peter Greve and Roland Hagemann "Preliminary results on the approval of a switchable 1064/532 nm laser", Proc. SPIE 1353, First International Conference on Lasers and Medicine, (1 September 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.23749
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KEYWORDS
Laser tissue interaction

Tissues

Laser applications

Medicine

Laser systems engineering

Mirrors

Argon ion lasers

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