Title :
Bone tissue ablation by femtosecond laser beam
Author :
Ionita, Iulian ; Zamfirescu, Martin
Author_Institution :
Opt. Dept., Univ. of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
Abstract :
We report here bone tissue ablation experiments performed with femtosecond laser. We determined ablation threshold value of human mandible which is the hardest bone of the skull.
Keywords :
bone; high-speed optical techniques; laser ablation; laser applications in medicine; radiation therapy; ablation threshold value; bone tissue ablation; femtosecond laser beam; human mandible; skull; Bones; Laser ablation; Laser beams; Measurement by laser beam; Optical variables measurement; Power lasers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
BioPhotonics, 2011 International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Parma
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9836-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9835-2
DOI :
10.1109/IWBP.2011.5954802
