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Almost all therapeutic laser applications are of a thermal nature, i.e. the therapeutic effect due to laser impact is caused by a thermal denaturation and/or inactivation of proteins and enzymes. A knowledge of the kinetics of thermal denaturation (see Chap. 1) is therefore of great importance for a better understanding of the coagulation process and for making a prediction of the degree of a thermal lesion possible.
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Birngruber, R. (1980). Thermal Modeling in Biological Tissues. In: Hillenkamp, F., Pratesi, R., Sacchi, C.A. (eds) Lasers in Biology and Medicine. Nato Advanced Study Institutes Series, vol 34. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8550-9_5
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