Excimer lasers in cardiovascular surgery: Ablation products and photoacoustic spectrum of the arterial wall
- 31 March 1986
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 48 (13), 878-880
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.96646
Abstract
Photoacoustic spectra of normal artery wall and of atherosclerotic plaque are reported. Threshold fluences for ablative formation of gaseous products for each excimer laser line were calculated from the photoacoustic spectrum and the measured threshold for the KrF laser.Keywords
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