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Methods Describing the Interaction of Laser Radiation with Biological Tissues

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Laser Interaction with Heterogeneous Biological Tissue

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We consider the structure and optical properties of biological tissues, blood and thermophysical characteristics of the elements in the skin tissue.

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Kulikov, K., Koshlan, T. (2018). Methods Describing the Interaction of Laser Radiation with Biological Tissues. In: Laser Interaction with Heterogeneous Biological Tissue. Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94114-1_1

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