title: The physical properties of tissue ablation with excimer lasers.
abstract: The current controversy regarding the interaction between the output of the excimer laser and human tissue concerns the relative importance of photothermal and photoablative effects. Two experiments using an excimer laser on vascular tissue, aimed at defining the precise laser-tissue interaction, were performed. The experiments argue strongly in favor of photoablative effects that result from multiple photon interactions with ablated tissue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, National Medical Laser Centre, University College London, Rayne Institute, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: F W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Cross
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Bowker
mesh_terms: D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D055585:Physical Phenomena; D010825:Physics; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays