Ablation of hard tissue with the holmium laser investigated by a surface profile measurement system and a confocal laser scanning microscope

Thomas G. Barton; Matthias Christ; Hans-Jochen Foth; Karl Hoermann M.D.; Norbert Stasche M.D.

doi:10.1117/12.199195

18 January 1995 Ablation of hard tissue with the holmium laser investigated by a surface profile measurement system and a confocal laser scanning microscope

Thomas G. Barton, Matthias Christ, Hans-Jochen Foth, Karl Hoermann M.D., Norbert Stasche M.D.

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Proceedings Volume 2323, Laser Interaction with Hard and Soft Tissue II; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.199195
Event: International Symposium on Biomedical Optics Europe '94, 1994, Lille, France

Abstract

The interaction between a pulsed Holmium laser and bone was investigated by measuring the volume and the shape of laser craters, produced by single laser pulses. The mean ablation rate, as obtained from these data, was compared to predictions of theoretical models which calculate the ablation rate from the light distribution in the bone. Result of this comparison is that scattering has to be seen as the important factor for the interaction of the Holmium laser radiation and bone.

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Thomas G. Barton, Matthias Christ, Hans-Jochen Foth, Karl Hoermann M.D., and Norbert Stasche M.D. "Ablation of hard tissue with the holmium laser investigated by a surface profile measurement system and a confocal laser scanning microscope", Proc. SPIE 2323, Laser Interaction with Hard and Soft Tissue II, (18 January 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.199195

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