Extended theory of selective photothermolysis

@article{Altshuler2001ExtendedTO,
  title={Extended theory of selective photothermolysis},
  author={Gregory B. Altshuler and R Rox Anderson and Dieter Manstein and Henry H. Zenzie and Mikhail Z. Smirnov},
  journal={Lasers in Surgery and Medicine},
  year={2001},
  volume={29}
}
We present a new theory of selective thermal damage of non‐uniformly pigmented structures in biological tissues. Spatial separation of the heavily pigmented areas and the target requires limitation of the pigment temperature and heat diffusion from the pigmented to the targeted areas. 
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