Summary: Lasers in Surgery and Medicine 39:414­421 (2007)
Extent of Lateral Epidermal Protection Afforded by
A Cryogen Spray Against Laser Irradiation
Walfre Franco, PhD,1,2
* Jie Liu, MS,1
Ricardo Romero-Me´ndez, PhD,1,3
Wangcun Jia, PhD,2
J. Stuart Nelson, MD, PhD,2
and Guillermo Aguilar, PhD
1,2
1
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Riverside, California 92521
2
Beckman Laser Institute, University of California, Irvine, California 92612
3
Facultad de Ingenieri´a, Universidad Auto´noma de San Luis Potosi´, Me´xico
Background and Objectives: Cryogen spray cooling
(CSC) has become an integral part of dermatologic laser
surgery because of its ability to remove selectively large
amounts of heat from human skin in short periods of time,

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

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