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puls·ed dye la·ser

extremely short bursts of focused yellow light absorbed by hemoglobin, used to treat hemangiomas without anesthesia in young children.
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Pulsed dye laser double pass treatment of patients with resistant capillary malformations.
[7.] Webster GF Satur N, Goldman MP, Halmi B, Greenbaum S: Treatment of recalcitrant warts using the pulsed dye laser. Cutis 1995, 56:230-232.
comparison of the 585 nm pulse dye laser and the short pulsed co2 laser in the treatment of striae distensae in skin types IV and VI.
BACKGROUND: Pulsed dye laser treatments usually result in purpura.
PDT works by using laser or light energy - in this case a pulsed dye laser was used - to activate the ALA, which is a solution that penetrates into the oil glands and is applied to the skin one hour prior to treatment.
Treatment with a pulsed dye laser or intense pulsed light (IPL) may help reduce the discoloration and telangiectasia.
Although now full of confidence, she would still like to have the birthmark removed and is about to have her 14th session of pulsed dye laser treatment.
Editor's note: The pulsed dye laser is well-suited for removing vascular birthmarks on an outpatient basis, says Dr.
Similarly, at the SPIE Practical Holography conference in 2001, Kubota and colleagues (Kyoto Institute of Technology) proposed that 19 selected colour patches of the Macbeth ColorChecker (a test pattern designed to help determine the true colour balance of any rendition system) could be accurately reproduced with the following recording wavelengths: 457.9 nm (Ar-ion), 514.5 nm (Ar-ion), 580.0 nm (dye laser), and 647.2 nm (Kr-ion).
Cynosure, Chelmsford, MA, has received clearance for the treatment of psoriasis using a patent-pending protocol and its pulse dye laser technology, according to company executives.
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