Photoablation

Klaus Doerschel; Gerhard J. Mueller

doi:10.1117/12.48200

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1 November 1991 Photoablation

Klaus Doerschel, Gerhard J. Mueller

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Proceedings Volume 1525, Future Trends in Biomedical Applications of Lasers; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.48200
Event: MedTech '91, 1991, Berlin, Germany

Abstract

There are three principal classes of laser tissue interactions. All three can be used to remove malignant tissue either by biological digestion or immediate removal i.e., photovaporization or photodecomposition. This paper discusses a semiempirical theory of the so-called photoablation process and the thermal side effects of the surrounding tissue. Describing the photoablation process requires differentiation to be made between very short laser pulse durations (

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Klaus Doerschel and Gerhard J. Mueller "Photoablation", Proc. SPIE 1525, Future Trends in Biomedical Applications of Lasers, (1 November 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.48200

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