LASER Optoelectronics in Medicine

Basic Science

1. Front Matter

   Pages 1-1

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2. Laser Hospital — It’s Clinical and Engineering Results

   • Kazuhiko Atsumi, Narong Nimsakul, Akio Ihara, Yuichi Shiokawa, Hiroshi Koyama, Norihiro Suenaga

   Pages 3-6

3. Remotized Laser Beam Distribution System for Surgical Applications

   • P. Spinelli, M. Dal Fante, M. Pascucci, N. Ridi

   Pages 7-10

4. Diffusely Reflecting Surfaces for Laser Surgical Instruments

   • W.-G. Wrobel, U. Fink, M. Reindl, E. Unsöld

   Pages 11-14

5. Excimer Laser for Medicine — Prospects for Computer Guided Surgery

   • K. Hohla, H.-W. Henke, J. Pfaff, W. Würth

   Pages 15-18

6. A New Argon Laser System with Kaleidoscanner and its Clinical Applications

   • T. Morita, R. Tanino, M. Miyasaka, M. Nishimura, M. Osada, K. Iwasaki et al.

   Pages 19-22

7. The Clinical Potential of the Holmium Laser

   • I. Kaplan, D. Aravot, S. Giler, Y. Gat, D. Sagie, Y. Kagan

   Pages 23-26

8. Medical Applications of KrF Excimer Laser

   • U. Kubo, K. Okada

   Pages 27-30

9. Comparative Study on Excimer, CO2 and Nd: YAG Laser for Biological Tissue Cutting

   • T. Yonezawa, T. Onomura, K. Motomura, Y. Abe, K. Mabuchi, T. Chinzei et al.

   Pages 31-34

10. Neodymium-YAG Laser at 1064 and 1320 NM: Laser Tissue Interaction at Varying Irradiation Parameters and Application Techniques

    • J. Hochberger, Ch. Ell

    Pages 35-37

11. Photoablation Threshold of Human Aorta as a Function of Wavelength

    • G. Müller, H.-P. Berlien, B. Biamino, K. Dörschel, H. Kar

    Pages 38-41

12. First Experiences with Disposable Fibre Delivery Systems for the Neodym-YAG-Laser

    • T. Müller-Schwefe, M. Siemon, M. Thermann

    Pages 42-44

13. Infrared Plastic Waveguides for Surgical Applications

    • J. Dror, D. Mendlovic, E. Goldenberg, N. Croitoru

    Pages 45-48

14. Hollow Light Guide for Medical CO2Laser

    • U. Kubo, Y. Hashiahin

    Pages 49-52

15. Medical Applications of Silver Halide Optical Fibers

    • Dov Gal, Abraham Katzir

    Pages 53-56

16. Detection and Analysis of the Ultra-Weak Photon Emission from Various Biological Materials

    • B. Yoda, Y. Goto, Y. Taguchi, T. Miyazawa, A. Saeki, H. Inaba

    Pages 57-60

17. Miniaturized Optoelectronic Transceiver for Application and Pick-Up of Biological Signals

    • Valerio Annovazzi-Lodi, Silvano Donati

    Pages 61-66

18. Applications of Optical Phase Conjugation in Medicine

    • B. W. Stewart

    Pages 67-70

19. Potential Applications of Lasers in Diagnosis and Preoperative Assessment of Lesions Using Three Dimensional Imaging

    • R. A. S. Blackie, J. Drinkwater, S. Hart

    Pages 71-74