@inproceedings{3bc4041f423841a89c4029b0a3d79be6,
title = "Q-switched laser ablation of tissue: Plume dynamics and the effect of tissue mechanical properties",
abstract = "A Q-switched Er:YAG laser was used to ablate skin, liver, and agar gel. The materials were chosen for their varying degrees of stiffness. It was seen that the varying mechanical properties effected the dynamics of the ablation process. The lower stiffness materials demonstrated a lower velocity of the ablated material and a longer post-pulse ablation duration. The effects were mediated by high ablation pressures causing elastic expansion of the crater during and after the pulse.",
author = "Cummings, {Joseph P.} and Walsh, {Joseph T.}",
note = "Funding Information: This work was sponsored in part by grant #BCS-8908884 from the National Science Foundation and the Whitaker Foundation. Funding Information: Acknowledgements This work was sponsored in part by grant #BCS-8908884 from the National Science Foundation and the Whitaker Foundation.; Laser-Tissue Interaction III 1992 ; Conference date: 19-01-1992 Through 24-01-1992",
year = "1992",
month = aug,
day = "7",
doi = "10.1117/12.137466",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
pages = "242--253",
editor = "Jacques, {Steven L.}",
booktitle = "Laser-Tissue Interaction III",
}