Laser medicine
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CW rhodamine dye laser emitting near 590 nm, one typically used in early medical laser systems.
Radiation being delivered, via a fiber, for photodynamic therapy to treat cancer.
A 40 watt CO2 laser with applications in ENT, gynecology, dermatology, oral surgery, and podiatry
Laser medicine is the use of various types of lasers in medical diagnosis, treatment, or therapy. Types of lasers used in medicine include in principle any laser design, but especially:
- CO2 lasers[1]
- diode lasers[2]
- dye lasers[3]
- excimer lasers
- fiber lasers
- gas lasers
- free electron lasers
- optical parametric oscillators
Medical areas that employ lasers include:
- angioplasty[4]
- cancer diagnosis[5][6]
- cancer treatment[7]
- cosmetic applications such as laser hair removal and tattoo removal[4]
- dermatology[4]
- lithotripsy[4]
- mammography[8]
- medical imaging[8]
- microscopy[9][10]
- ophthalmology (includes Lasik and laser photocoagulation)
- optical coherence tomography[11]
- prostatectomy
- surgery[11][12]
See also
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- Endovenous laser therapy
- Laser-assisted new attachment procedure
- Laser interstitial thermal therapy
- Light therapy
- Low level laser therapy
- Photodynamic therapy
- Photomedicine
References
- ↑ Polanyi, T.G. (1970). "A CO2 Laser for Surgical Research". Med. & Biol. Engng. 8: 541–548.
- ↑ Loevschall, Henrik (1994). "Effect of low level diode laser irradiation of human oral mucosa fibroblasts in vitro". Lasers in Surgery and Medicine 14 (4): 347–354.
- ↑ Duarte F. J.; Hillman, L.W. (1990). Dye Laser Principles, with Applications. Boston: Academic Press.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Costela A; Garcia-Moreno I; Sastre R (2008). "Medical Applications of Dye Lasers". In Duarte FJ. Tunable Laser Applications (2nd ed.). Boca Raton: CRC Press. pp. 227–244. ISBN 1-4200-6009-0.
- ↑ Duarte F J, Two-laser therapy and diagnosis device, EP 0284330 A1 (22nd of March, 1988).
- ↑ Duarte FJ (2008). "Broadly Tunable External-Cavity Semiconductor Lasers". In Duarte FJ. Tunable Laser Applications (2nd ed.). Boca Raton: CRC Press. pp. 143–177. ISBN 1-4200-6009-0.
- ↑ Goldman L (1990). "Dye Lasers in Medicine". In Duarte FJ; Hillman LM. Dye Laser Principles. Boston: Academic Press. pp. 419–32. ISBN 0-12-222700-X.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Carroll FE (2008). "Pulsed, Tunable, Monochromatic X-rays: Medical and Non-Medical Applications". In Duarte FJ. Tunable Laser Applications (2nd ed.). Boca Raton: CRC Press. pp. 281–310. ISBN 1-4200-6009-0.
- ↑ Orr BJ; He Y; White RT (2008). "Spectroscopic Applications of Pulsed Tunable Optical Parametric Oscillators". In Duarte FJ. Tunable Laser Applications (2nd ed.). Boca Raton: CRC Press. pp. 15–96. ISBN 1-4200-6009-0.
- ↑ Thomas JL; Rudolph W (2008). "Biological Microscopy with Ultrashort Laser Pulses". In Duarte FJ. Tunable Laser Applications (2nd ed.). Boca Raton: CRC Press. pp. 245–80. ISBN 1-4200-6009-0.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Popov S (2008). "Fiber Laser Overview and Medical Applications". In Duarte FJ. Tunable Laser Applications (2nd ed.). Boca Raton: CRC Press. pp. 197–226. ISBN 1-4200-6009-0.
- ↑ Jelinkova H, ed. (2013). Lasers for Medical Applications: Diagnostics, Therapy, and Surgery. Oxford: Woodhead. ISBN 978 0 85709 237 3.
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