Blood may limit laser ablation of arterial plaque by decreasing thermal energy transfer from metal-capped probes to arterial occlusions. Since a gas is a good insulator of heat, CO2 may be a better medium for laser recanalization. To study this possibility, a metal-capped fiber was positioned in a s
Effect of Probe Surface Ablation on Laser Photodetachment Signals
β Scribed by S. Kajita; S. Kado; T. Shikama; B. Xiao; S. Tanaka
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 292 KB
- Volume
- 44
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0005-8025
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