@inproceedings{60aa29ded5df40bc8024d76a3c45f7a3,
title = "Laser-flash photography of laser-induced spallation in liquid media",
abstract = "Laser-flash photography was used to document the onset of cavitation bubbles induced in liquid media by Q-switched laser pulses. Such bubbles are hypothesized to indicate the {"}breakage of water{"} by negative stress caused by the inverting reflectance of a laser-induced propagating stress wave at the air/liquid interface. Absorption of the pulsed laser by the liquid caused thermoelastic expansion which generated the initial stress distribution. These liquid phantom experiments model the situation for tissues where such {"}breakage{"} of the tissue structure can contribute to the process of tissue removal by the phenomenon called {"}spallation{"}. The threshold dosimetry for cavitation and explosive vaporization were determined. The threshold negative stress for onset of water cavitation under the dynamic stress conditions induced by ∼ 140-ns laser pulses is approximately -8 bars.",
author = "Jacques, {Steven L.} and Gary Gofstein and Dingus, {Ronald S.}",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health, R29-HL45045, and the Funding Information: This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health, R29-HL45045, and the Navy, ONR N00015-91J-1354.; Laser-Tissue Interaction III 1992 ; Conference date: 19-01-1992 Through 24-01-1992",
year = "1992",
month = aug,
day = "7",
doi = "10.1117/12.137470",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
pages = "284--294",
editor = "Jacques, {Steven L.}",
booktitle = "Laser-Tissue Interaction III",
}