@inproceedings{sathyam97a, author = {U. S. Sathyam and A. Shearin and S. A. Prahl}, title = {Basic Ablation Phenomena During Laser Thrombolysis}, booktitle = {SPIE Proceedings of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Cardiovascular Interventions VII}, year = {1997}, editor = {R. R. Anderson and others}, pages = {19--27}, volume = {2970}, abstract = {This paper presents studies of pulsed ablation phenomena that take place during laser thrombolysis. The main goals were to optimize laser parameters for efficient ablation, and to investigate the ablation mechanism. Most of the studies described here used a gel-based clot model, and selected results were verified using porcine clot.}, }