Summary: Lasers in Surgery and Medicine 32:152­159 (2003)
Dynamic Behavior of Cryogen Spray Cooling: Effects
of Spurt Duration and Spray Distance
Guillermo Aguilar, PhD,1,2
* Guo-Xiang Wang, PhD,3
and J. Stuart Nelson, MD, PhD
1,2
1
Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, California 92697
2
Beckman Laser Institute, University of California, Irvine, California 92612
3
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Akron, Ohio 44325
Background and Objectives: Cryogen spray cooling
(CSC) is used to minimize the risk of epidermal damage
during laser dermatologic surgery. Since optimization of
CSC permits the safe use of higher light doses, which
improves therapeutic outcome in many patients with
superficial skin lesions, studies have focused on under-
standing spray­surface interactions and cooling dynamics.

Source: Aguilar, Guillermo - Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Riverside

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