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16 June 2015 Medical laser application: translation into the clinics
Ronald Sroka, Herbert Stepp, Georg Hennig, Gary M. Brittenham, Adrian Rühm, Lothar Lilge
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Journal of Biomedical Optics, Vol. 20, Issue 6, 061110 (June 2015). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.20.6.061110
Abstract
Medical laser applications based on widespread research and development is a very dynamic and increasingly popular field from an ecological as well as an economic point of view. Conferences and personal communication are necessary to identify specific requests and potential unmet needs in this multi- and interdisciplinary discipline. Precise gathering of all information on innovative, new, or renewed techniques is necessary to design medical devices for introduction into clinical applications and finally to become established for routine treatment or diagnosis. Five examples of successfully addressed clinical requests are described to show the long-term endurance in developing light-based innovative clinical concepts and devices. Starting from laboratory medicine, a noninvasive approach to detect signals related to iron deficiency is shown. Based upon photosensitization, fluorescence-guided resection had been discovered, opening the door for photodynamic approaches for the treatment of brain cancer. Thermal laser application in the nasal cavity obtained clinical acceptance by the introduction of new laser wavelengths in clinical consciousness. Varicose veins can be treated by innovative endoluminal treatment methods, thus reducing side effects and saving time. Techniques and developments are presented with potential for diagnosis and treatment to improve the clinical situation for the benefit of the patient.
© 2015 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) 1083-3668/2015/$25.00 © 2015 SPIE
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Ronald Sroka, Herbert Stepp, Georg Hennig, Gary M. Brittenham, Adrian Rühm, and Lothar Lilge "Medical laser application: translation into the clinics," Journal of Biomedical Optics 20(6), 061110 (16 June 2015). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.20.6.061110
Published: 16 June 2015
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KEYWORDS
Luminescence
Laser therapeutics
Tumors
Veins
Laser tissue interaction
Tissues
Tissue optics
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