DocumentCode
3312500
Title
Cryogenic spray cooling of human skin: utilization in laser treatment of hypervascular cutaneous malformations
Author
Anvari, B. ; Torres, J.H. ; Tanenbaum, B.S. ; Nelson, J.S.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Bioeng., Rice Univ., Houston, TX, USA
Volume
2
fYear
1999
fDate
36434
Abstract
Presents measurements of port wine stain skin radiometric surface temperature in response to laser irradiation in conjunction with cryogenic spray cooling, internal temperature reductions obtained within an epoxy-resin skin phantom, and temperature predictions within human skin
Keywords
blood vessels; cooling; laser applications in medicine; radiation therapy; skin; cryogenic spray cooling; epoxy-resin skin phantom; human skin; hypervascular cutaneous malformations; internal temperature reductions; laser irradiation; laser treatment; port wine stain skin radiometric surface temperature measurements; temperature predictions; Cooling; Cryogenics; Humans; Imaging phantoms; Radiometry; Response surface methodology; Skin; Spraying; Surface emitting lasers; Temperature;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
[Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 1999. 21st Annual Conference and the 1999 Annual Fall Meetring of the Biomedical Engineering Society] BMES/EMBS Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the First Joint
Conference_Location
Atlanta, GA
ISSN
1094-687X
Print_ISBN
0-7803-5674-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IEMBS.1999.804453
Filename
804453
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