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SUBMITTER: Huang Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5327629 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Huang Yimei Y Lui Harvey H Zhao Jianhua J Wu Zhenguo Z Zeng Haishan H
Theranostics 20170106 3
The successful application of lasers in the treatment of skin diseases and cosmetic surgery is largely based on the principle of conventional selective photothermolysis which relies strongly on the difference in the absorption between the therapeutic target and its surroundings. However, when the differentiation in absorption is not sufficient, collateral damage would occur due to indiscriminate and nonspecific tissue heating. To deal with such cases, we introduce a novel <i>spatially selective ...[more]