• 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