Abstract

Laser ablation of bone has been investigated using various lasers. Recently, it has been reported that luminescence generated by laser ablation of bone caused decrease in the ablation rate, and that the luminescence was related to thermal influence on the surrounding tissue.^1–3 However, there has been very little information on species concerned in the luminescence. The purpose of the present study is to examine the spectra and the spatial extent of the luminescence, which gives some information on the mechanism of bone ablation.

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