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Laser angiosurgery with spectral diagnostics

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Abstract

Laser angiosurgery is a potential powerful method for treating atherosclerosis in coronary and peripheral vessels. Treatment is based on ablating arterial plaque using laser light delivered via a catheter containing fiber optics. From an engineering point of view laser angiosurgery can be viewed as a problem in controlled tissue matching and can be attacked using the tools of spectroscopy and physics.

© 1986 Optical Society of America

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