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Lasers and photothermal therapy

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Photothermal damage<br />

Selective photothermolysis (SP)<br />

confined damage to the specific tissue structures<br />

by regulating pulse duration <strong>and</strong> repetition rate<br />

target 0.1 1-10 100 1000 µm<br />

pulse 10 -9 10 -6 10 -3 10 -1 s<br />

R.R.Anderson <strong>and</strong> J.A.Parish (1983) Science 220, 524-527.

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