Lasers in medical diagnosis and therapy : basics, applications and future prospects /

Lasers in Medical Diagnosis and Therapy provides an overview on medical lasers and laser systems as well as laser applications in medical diagnosis and therapy. Since it was written by physicists, it focusses on the physics and underlying mechanisms of laser diagnosis and therapy and thus initially...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Wieneke, Stephan (Autor), Gerhard, Christoph, 1977- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2018]
Colección:IOP (Series). Release 5.
IOP expanding physics.
Series in physics and engineering in medicine and biology.
Temas:
Lasers in medicine.
Lasers.
Medical physics.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Lasers & Photonics.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Laser basics
  • 1.1. Generation of laser irradiation
  • 1.2. Lasers and laser types used in medicine
  • 1.3. Laser safety aspects
  • 1.4. Laser basics--bottom line
  • 2. Basics of medical laser systems
  • 2.1. General setup of medical laser systems
  • 2.2. Laser beam guidance systems
  • 2.3. Optical terminal units and accessories
  • 2.4. Medical laser systems--the bottom line
  • 3. Tissue optics and laser-tissue interactions
  • 3.1. Introduction to tissue optics
  • 3.2. Interaction of laser irradiation and biological tissue
  • 3.3. Tissue optics and laser-tissue interactions--the bottom line
  • 4. Lasers in medical diagnosis
  • 4.1. Spectroscopic measurement techniques
  • 4.2. Microscopic measurement techniques
  • 4.3. Wave front sensing
  • 4.4. Optical coherence tomography
  • 4.5. Pulse oximetry
  • 4.6. Synthetic aperture linking
  • 4.7. Optical capnography
  • 4.8. Photoactivation of hematoporphyrin derivative
  • 4.9. Flow cytometry
  • 4.10. Laser-induced fluorescence for early recognition of caries
  • 4.11. Lasers in diagnosis--the bottom line
  • 5. Lasers in medical therapy
  • 5.1. Lasers in orthopaedics
  • 5.2. Lasers in urology
  • 5.3. Lasers in ophthalmology
  • 5.4. Lasers in oncology
  • 5.5. Lasers in cardiology
  • 5.6. Lasers in surgery
  • 5.7. Lasers in dermatology
  • 5.8. Lasers in therapy--the bottom line.

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