@inproceedings{prahl97a,
  author = {S. A. Prahl and S. D. Pearson},
  title = {Rate Process Models for Thermal Laser Welding},
  booktitle = {SPIE Proceedings of Laser-Tissue Interaction VIII},
  year = {1997},
  editor = {S. L. Jacques},
  pages = {245--252},
  volume = {2975},
  abstract = {Laser tissue welding is a thermal process for binding two tissues together. Optical and thermal models exist that allow the temperatures of laser irradiated tissues to be calculated. However, a rate process model is required to relate the estimated time-temperature histories to weld strengths. This paper proposes a rate process model based on a broad range of parametric welding experiments. Aorta, intestine, and digested carotid arteries were patch welded at constant pressure using either constant temperature (3--15\,min at 60--80$^\circ$C) or pulsed laser heating (5\,ms, 3\,Hz, 5--30 pulses).},
}