Enhanced thulium fiber laser lithotripsy using micro-pulse train modulation
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Enhanced thulium fiber laser lithotripsy using micro-pulse train modulation.
The thulium fiber laser (TFL) is currently being studied as an alternative to the conventional holmium:YAG (Ho:YAG) laser for lithotripsy. The diode-pumped TFL may be electronically modulated to operate with variable parameters (e.g., pulse rate, pulse duration, and duty cycle) for studying the influence of pulse train mode on stone ablation rates. The TFL under study was operated at 1908 nm, 3...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Biomedical Optics
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1083-3668
DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.17.2.028002