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Table 3 Necrotic depth for all the laser conditions

From: The Effect of Laser Ablation Pulse Width and Feed Speed on Necrosis and Surface Damage of Cortical Bone

Alias

Laser

Feed, F (mm/s)

Tmax (°C)

Duration of sample above 50 °C (s)

Necrotic depth (µm), avg ± std. dev.

Number of measurements, n

PF

Picosecond

5

122

0.085

79 ± 7

48

PS

Picosecond

1

143

0.530

190 ± 39

56

CW

Continuous wave

20

1318

1.790

194 ± 19

52

Nano

Nanosecond

5

830

11.000

268 ± 67

62