Using therapeutic ultrasound to ablate tumors or other tissue non-invasively.
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Laser marking can be employed to ablate a coating or to cause a color change in certain materials.
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In two separate experiments, the authors used a deletion mutant and RNAi knock-down to ablate FLCN function in C. elegans.
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Both laser wavelengths, in their emission mode configuration, had been in use for some time in their capacity to ablate soft tissue.
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He said that varying the angle and the intensity of the laser pulses used to ablate the sample material may provide additional ways to enhance LIBS.
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The X-rays heat and ablate the plastic surface of the ignition capsule, causing a rocket-like pressure on the capsule and forcing it to implode and ignite.
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The idea is to ablate the scorched tissue to inhibit toxic cell secretions that amplify a burn victim's pain and that can trigger organ failure, Idris'team believes.
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For a laser to ablate tissues, the power density or fluence must be high, otherwise thermocoagulation occurs, which is simply thermal vaporization of the tissues.
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These lasers are generally at a wavelength of 830 nanometers, but vary in their energy usage depending on whether they are used to expose or ablate material.
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More examples
Wear away through erosion or vaporization
Remove an organ or bodily structure
(ablated) made smaller or less by melting or erosion or vaporization; "the rocket's ablated head shield"
(ablation) surgical removal of a body part or tissue
(ablation) the erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers
(ablative) relating to the ablative case
Ablation means removal of material from the surface of an object by vaporization, chipping, or other erosive processes. The term occurs in spaceflight associated with atmospheric reentry, in glaciology, medicine, and passive fire protection.
In linguistics, ablative case (abbreviated) is a name given to cases in various languages whose common characteristic is that they mark motion away from something, though the details in each language may differ. ...
To remove or decrease something by the process of ablation; To undergo ablation