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In reviewing considerations of medical laser systems, it becomes important to examine the factors that exist in high-tech industries. High technology has grown in an exponential rate for the past three and a half decades. In Photonics we have seen areas of technology spawn three generations within the past decade. The Medical Laser Industry has been particularly volatile and difficult to predict.
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Kirschner, R.A. (1991). Considerations in the Design of Medical Laser Systems and Instrumentation. In: Chester, A.N., Martellucci, S., Scheggi, A.M. (eds) Laser Systems for Photobiology and Photomedicine. NATO ASI Series, vol 252. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7287-5_32
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