@inproceedings{f0c3daf690b84c2092a83f42f9b69d78,
title = "Effect of cooling water on ablation in Er:YAG laserosteotome of hard bone",
abstract = "The aim of this paper is to examine the effect of pig bone immersion in different levels of cooling water during laser ablation with a Er:YAG laser. The laser worked at 2940 nm wavelength and 10 Hz repetition rate in microseconds pulse duration regime. The bone was immersed in different levels of cooling water in a sample container for preventing carbonization. The bone samples were ablated with fixed deposited energy to investigate at which water level Er:YAG lasers start ablating bone through a layer of water. Results showed that the maximum level of water that laser can pass through to start the ablation nonlinearly depends on pulse energy.",
keywords = "Ablation, Carbonization, Cooling water, Er:YAG, Laserosteotome, Microsecond pulse, Minimally invasive surgery, Porcine bone",
author = "Hamed Abbasi and Lina Beltr{\'a}n and Georg Rauter and Raphael Guzman and Cattin, {Philippe C.} and Azhar Zam",
year = "2017",
doi = "10.1117/12.2272138",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Costa, {Manuel F. M.}",
booktitle = "Third International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics",
address = "United States",
note = "3rd Triennial International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics ; Conference date: 08-05-2017 Through 12-05-2017",
}