Lasers in Ophthalmology : Basic, Diagnostics and Surgical Aspects.
It is impossible to imagine ophthalmology today without lasers, so ubiquitously and thoroughly do they dominate the field. Just 25 years ago, virtually all of what we rely upon today was in its infancy. Not only were lasers new on the scene, but also computers, intraocular lenses, and microsurgical...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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The Hague :
SPB Academic Pub. BV,
2003.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents; Ophthalmic laser safety; The purposes of surgery; Contact lenses for ophthalmic laser treatment; Fundamentals of optical fibers; On the application of optical fibers in ophthalmology; Laser speckle; Laser Doppler techniques in ophthalmology-Principles and applications; Principles of optical coherence tomography; From physical energy to biological effect-How retinal laser treatment affects diabetic retinopathy; High-resolution multiphoton imaging and nanosurgery of thecornea using femtosecond laser pulses; Selective absorption by melanin granules and selective cell targeting.
- Mechanisms of short-pulsed plasma-mediated laser ablationand disruptionThe first clinical application of the laser; Selective retinal pigment epithelium laser treatment-Theoretical and clinical aspects; Confocal microscopy of the eye; Imaging in ophthalmology; Different methods of refractive surgery-The advantages and risks, and their relationship to professional ethics and morals; Corneal laser surgery for refractive c.