ablation zone

From: A Dictionary of Weather | Date: 2001| Author: | Copyright information

ablation zone The zone of a glacier in which losses through various processes, such as calving, ...

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Sounding the retreat.(Geographical dossier: SPECIAL REPORT)(glaciers and global warming)
; ...There are two zones along a glacier: the accumulation zone and the ablation zone. The accumulation zone is where the mass of the glacier accumulates. Ice is lost, in the ablation zone, through melting, sublimation (when ice...
PRK shown to be predictable, stable over long term
; ...Surface ablation procedure with larger ablation zone results in early stability, less regression...underwent myopic PRK using varying ablation zone sizes to evaluate the long-term refractive...Laser Trial was treated with a 4-mm ablation zone using the Summit Technology UV200 ...
PTK, PRK combo rids residual myopia, striae after LASIK
; ...disadvantages with PTK are the 6-mm ablation zone, the oblate ablation profile, and the...wavefront-guided PRK with an enlarged ablation zone to remove longstanding striae and to...using the S4 laser (VISX), and a 6-mm ablation zone without blend to a 500 -m depth, which...
PRK with enlarged treatment zone offers good results
; ...20/40 vision at 6 months with 65-mm ablation zone BOSTON-The VISX STAR S2 laser was found...theoretical advantages of a larger ablation zone may be less or smaller decrease in...23 to 54 years). The PRK spherical ablation zone was 6.5 mm and the astigmatic treatment...
MRI Guided Laser Photocoagulation for Breast Ca.
; ...so the operator can see whether the ablation zone has extended beyond the tumor margins...proliferating cell nuclear antigen. The average ablation zone was about 1 cm. Successfully treated...temperature of about 60[degrees] C in the ablation zone; at this temperature, laser ...
Cross-cylinder approach tackles mixed astigmatism safely, predictably
; ...less tissue ablation, larger ablation zone possible Chicago-LASIK with...surgery," Dr. Jackson said. Larger ablation zone possible The cross-cylinder...also allows for use of a larger ablation zone. It is performed using a 9-mm...
PTK/PRK useful technique to resolve residual corneal striae
; ...Dr. Donnenfeld created a 6-mm PTK ablation zone, down to a depth of 50 m. He then scraped...epithelium out to 9 mm, allowing for a 9-mm ablation zone using wavefront-guided PRK. "We denude...to 9 mm to increase the size of our ablation zone," Dr. Donnenfeld said. "I do this ...
Laser Photocoagulation of Breast Cancer Shows Promise.
; ...so the operator can see whether the ablation zone has extended beyond the tumor margins...proliferating cell nuclear antigen. The average ablation zone was about 1 cm. Successfully treated...temperature of about 60[degrees] C in the ablation zone; at this temperature, laser ...
Super vision can be achieved with modified ablations
; ...The blend zone is smoother when the junction between the ablation zone and the untreated periphery is displaced peripherally," he...masking only the second stage. "The problem with using a large ablation zone is consumption of the corneal tissue. With the Nidek laser...
Safe ablation depth minimizes risk of iatrogenic ectasia
; ...post-ablation limit of 125 pm with a 6-mm ablation zone, we reduce the ablation for correction...Baden-Baden, Germany. "If we have an enlarged ablation zone to 7 mm, we reduce the correction to...correction more than -9 D and a 6-mm ablation zone seems risky," Dr. Anschutz added...