Title :
Plasma ablation and photodisruption on in-vitro urinary calculi induced by Q-switched Nd:YAG laser
Author :
Parvin, Parviz ; Zamanipour, Z. ; Sajad, B.
Abstract :
In this paper the local effect of plasma-induced ablation on urinary calculi has been investigated. We have found out that the, threshold of energy for plasma formation at various calculi is different
Keywords :
kidney; laser ablation; laser applications in medicine; surgery; Q-switched Nd:YAG laser; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; ablation threshold; cavitation; fragmentation; in vitro unitary calculi; laser lithotripsy; photodisruption; plasma induced ablation; In vitro; Plasmas;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2001. LEOS 2001. The 14th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7105-4
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2001.969343