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The Biomedical Laser

Technology and Clinical Applications

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  • © 1981

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Editors:
  1. Leon Goldman

    1. Laser Laboratory, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, USA

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The laser's range of application is extraordinary. Arthur Schawlow says, "What instrument can shuck a bucket of oysters, correct typing errors, fuse atoms, lay a straight line for a garden bed, repair detached retinas, and drill holes in dia­ monds?"O The laser's specifically biomedical uses cover a similarly broad and interesting spectrum. In this book, I have endeavored to convey some of the fas­ cination that the laser has long held for me. It is my hope that both clinicians and researchers in the various medical and surgical specialties will find the book a use­ ful introduction. Biologists, particularly molecular biologists, should also find a great deal of relevant information herein. This volume's distinguished contributors provide admirably lucid discussions of laser principles, instrumentation, and current practice in their respective special­ ties. Safety, design, capabilities, and costs of various lasers are also reviewed. We have aimed to create a practical text that is comprehensive but not exhaustive. Our emphasis on the practical, rather than the esoteric, is dictated not only by the short history of biomedical laser use, but by the extent of the community to which this information will appeal.

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. The Laser: A Revolution in Medical Care

    1. Introduction to the Laser in Medicine

      • Leon Goldman
      Pages 1-5

    2. Basic Reactions in Tissue

      • Leon Goldman
      Pages 7-10

    3. Safety with Biomedical Lasers

      • David H. Sliney
      Pages 11-24

    4. Instrumentation for Laser Biology and Laser Diagnostic Medicine

      • Leon Goldman
      Pages 25-31

  3. Laser Uses in Biology

    1. Flow Cytometry: The Use of Lasers for Rapid Analysis and Separation of Single Biological Cells

      • Gary C. Salzman
      Pages 33-53

    2. Current Developments in Laser Microirradiation

      • M. W. Berns, M. Kitzes, P. A. McNeill, S. P. Peterson, K. Strahs, J. B. Rattner et al.
      Pages 55-68

    3. Laser Fluorescent Microirradiation: A New Technique

      • A. Andreoni, A. Longoni, C. A. Sacchi, O. Svelto
      Pages 69-83

  4. Surgery: The Laser—From Incision to Wound Closure

    1. The Laser Operating Room

      • Leon Goldman, Edward Perry
      Pages 85-88

    2. The Sharplan Carbon Dioxide Laser in Clinical Surgery: 7 Years’ Experience

      • Isaac Kaplan, Joshua Raif
      Pages 89-97

    3. Laser Surgery in Gynecology

      • Helmut F. Schellhas
      Pages 99-106

    4. Techniques of Laser Colposcopic Surgery

      • Byron J. Masterson
      Pages 107-115

    5. Laser Eye Instrumentation: Diagnostic and Surgical

      • Maurice B. Landers III, Myron L. Wolbarsht
      Pages 117-133

    6. Laser Doppler Velocimetry in the Measurement of Retinal Blood Flow

      • Charles E. Riva, Gilbert T. Feke
      Pages 135-161

    7. Technical Problems of Carbon Dioxide Laser Surgery in the Rectum

      • Rene C. J. Verschueren
      Pages 163-174

    8. Laser Biomedical Engineering: Clinical Applications in Otolaryngology

      • Geza J. Jako
      Pages 175-198

    9. Techniques of Laser Burn Surgery

      • James P. Fidler
      Pages 199-218

    10. Neurosurgical Laser Techniques

      • P. W. Ascher, F. Heppner
      Pages 219-227

    11. Laser Instrumentation in Dermatology: Diagnosis and Treatment

      • Leon Goldman
      Pages 229-238

    12. The Carbon Dioxide Laser in Head and Neck and Plastic Surgery: Advantages and Disadvantages

      • Billie L. Aronoff
      Pages 239-254
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Laser Laboratory, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, USA

    Leon Goldman

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Biomedical Laser

  • Book Subtitle: Technology and Clinical Applications

  • Editors: Leon Goldman

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5922-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 1981

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-5924-4Published: 10 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-5922-0Published: 09 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 342

  • Number of Illustrations: 166 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering

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