Lasers and new trends in laser-tissue interaction

Serafetinides, AA; Papadopoulos, DN

dc.contributor.author	Serafetinides, AA	en
dc.contributor.author	Papadopoulos, DN	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T02:49:47Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T02:49:47Z
dc.date.issued	2004	en
dc.identifier.issn	0277786X	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/34746
dc.subject	Er:YAG	en
dc.subject	HF laser	en
dc.subject	LIF	en
dc.subject	Mid-IR fibers	en
dc.subject	Oscillator-amplifier	en
dc.subject	Oxide glass	en
dc.subject	Q-switching	en
dc.subject.other	Amplifiers (electronic)	en
dc.subject.other	Erbium	en
dc.subject.other	Laser beam effects	en
dc.subject.other	Lithium compounds	en
dc.subject.other	Oscillators (electronic)	en
dc.subject.other	Yttrium compounds	en
dc.subject.other	Er:YAG	en
dc.subject.other	HF laser	en
dc.subject.other	Mid-IR fibers	en
dc.subject.other	Oscillator-amplifiers	en
dc.subject.other	Oxide glass	en
dc.subject.other	Laser tissue interaction	en
dc.title	Lasers and new trends in laser-tissue interaction	en
heal.type	conferenceItem	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1117/12.563115	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.563115	en
heal.publicationDate	2004	en
heal.abstract	Mid-IR lasers are already used successfully in numerous surgical operations. The Er:YAG and the HF laser, are the main laser sources emitting in the 3.0 μm range of the spectrum, and as this wavelength coincides with the peak of the water and other main soft and hard tissue components absorption curves, it is clear that these lasers would be very useful in numerous medical fields as dentistry, dermatology, angioplasty, ophthalmology etc. Recently, the development of flexible, low loss, able to deliver high power and safe to enter the human body waveguides and fibers for pulsed mid-infrared laser radiation initiated the efforts of the extension of laser surgery in the area of the minimally invasive endoscopy. The laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) is proposed for diagnosis in several pathologies, as in arterial atherosclerosis, in malignancy or for early dental caries detection. LIF is also investigated as a suitable method for monitoring the on line laser surgery interventions.	en
heal.journalName	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1117/12.563115	en
dc.identifier.volume	5449	en
dc.identifier.spage	212	en
dc.identifier.epage	221	en