Instrumentation for Laser Biology and Laser Diagnostic Medicine

Abstract

Prior to the development of laser technology, Bessis had developed techniques for microirradiation with ultraviolet light. He was also one of the early pioneers in using laser microirradiation. This technique has continued to develop through studies on the impact of microirradiation on red blood cells and the continuing drama of the phagocytosis of these cells by white blood cells. With the developments by Rounds et al. and Berns et al., microirradiation was extended into operations on various types of tissues and eventually to work on chromosomes. Laser microirradiation is reviewed in detail in Chapter 6.