NONLINEAR ABSORPTION - INTRAOCULAR MICROSURGERY AND LASER LITHOTRIPSY

Authors
VOGEL A
Citation
A. Vogel, NONLINEAR ABSORPTION - INTRAOCULAR MICROSURGERY AND LASER LITHOTRIPSY, Physics in medicine and biology, 42(5), 1997, pp. 895-912
Citations number
105
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Physics in medicine and biology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319155
Volume
42
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
895 - 912
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9155(1997)42:5<895:NA-IMA>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
The paper reviews the principles of nonlinear absorption with referenc e to the present major clinical applications of plasma-mediated effect s: intraocular microsurgery and laser lithotripsy. Emphasis is laid on the analysis of the working mechanisms, sources of collateral damage, and on strategies for both the optimization of efficacy and the minim ization of side effects.