Excimer lasers in cardiovascular surgery: Ablation products and photoacoustic spectrum of the arterial wall

Donald L. Singleton, George Paraskevopoulos, Gurvinder S. Jolly, R. S. Irwin, D. J. McKenney, Wing S. Nip, Edward M. Farrell, Lyall Higginson

Applied Physics Letters · 1986 · 54 citations · 15 references

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Abstract

Photoacoustic spectra of normal artery wall and of atherosclerotic plaque are reported. Threshold fluences for ablative formation of gaseous products for each excimer laser line were calculated from the photoacoustic spectrum and the measured threshold for the KrF laser.

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