Extended theory of selective photothermolysis.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Nitrogen laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) spectra of sound tooth consists of two broad bands centered at 440 and 490 nm, with two apparent side bands on either side. In order to locate the exact peak position of these bands and to effectively utilize the LIF spectral signatures for detection o...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Subhash N,Thomas SS,Mallia RJ,Jose M

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary cutaneous amyloidosis (PCA) comprises three main forms: macular, lichen, and nodular amyloidosis. The current available treatments are quite disappointing. OBJECTIVES:Assess and compare the clinical and histological changes induced by different modes of Fractional CO2 laser in treatment of PCA. PAT...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Esmat SM,Fawzi MM,Gawdat HI,Ali HS,Sayed SS

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapidly expanding laser technology has created a void in surgical instrumentation when the carbon dioxide laser is applied to intra-abdominal microlaser fertility-promoting procedures. By using proper instruments, the laser microsurgeon will be able to enhance his surgical technique as well as reduce his frustrations....

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： McLaughlin DS

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:The reactive oxygen mechanisms associated with cell damage after photodynamic therapy (PDT) may be exploited to enhance tumor destruction. Pharmacological reduction of glutathione (GSH), an inhibitor of reactive oxygen species, can be induced by administration of buthionine sulfoximine (BSO). ...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Jiang F,Lilge L,Belcuig M,Singh G,Grenier J,Li Y,Chopp M

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Clinical laser settings have traditionally been calibrated on abdominal skin to predict and anticipate patterns of injuries in facial skin. This experimental approach has limitations as facial skin and abdominal skin have differences that may influence the depth of laser injury. OBJECTIVE:The primary obje...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Bailey SH,Brown SA,Kim Y,Oni G,Abtahi F,Richardson JA,Hoopman J,Barton F,Kenkel JM

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Interstitial laser thermotherapy was used to treat rat liver tumours. The aim was to investigate the influence of temperature and temporary hepatic inflow occlusion on tumour growth and blood perfusion. STUDY DESIGN/MATERIALS AND METHODS:Liver tumours were treated at 44°C at the tumour border ...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Sturesson C,Ivarsson K,Stenram U,Andersson-Engels S,Tranberg KG

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:LED photomodulation has been shown to profoundly influence cellular behavior. A variety of parameters with LED photomodulation can alter cellular response in vitro. The effects of one visible and one infrared wavelength were evaluated to determine the optimal ratio to produce a net increase in ...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： McDaniel DH,Weiss RA,Geronemus RG,Mazur C,Wilson S,Weiss MA

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Our skin is constantly exposed to light from solar radiation and electronic devices, which impact skin physiology and aging. The biological altering properties of ultraviolet (UV) solar radiation on skin have been well established. There is significant scientific and public interest on the effects of electro...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Austin E,Huang A,Adar T,Wang E,Jagdeo J

更新日期：2018-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Thermal cameras are used in research laboratories to measure tissue temperature during laser irradiation. This study was an evaluation of the accuracy of a 3-5 microns thermal camera and two 8-12 microns cameras in detecting the maximum temperatures of small targets. The size of the targets was within the range of las...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Torres JH,Springer TA,Welch AJ,Pearce JA

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A low-energy Nd:YAG laser was used to irradiate extracted human teeth coated with a black energy-absorbent laser initiator in a study to determine the extent of the morphologic changes produced in the enamel surface. The laser initiator was applied to a cleaned enamel surface and irradiated at an energy output of 30 m...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Hess JA

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:This work evaluates the application of a 810 nm diode laser operating in the range of 400-1,200 mW for bacterial reduction at periodontal treatment. The aim of this study is to examine the immediate effect of the diode medium power laser in reducing the bacterial concentration at periodontal po...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Fontana CR,Kurachi C,Mendonça CR,Bagnato VS

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The temperature developed by the laser thermal ("hot tip") probe during arterial recanalisation is primarily dependent on the rate of energy delivery and the rate of dissipation to the surrounding medium. While higher probe tip temperatures enhance the efficacy of atheroma ablation, so too is the incidence of adverse ...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Rosenthal E,Foussas S,Montarello JK,Boyd EG,Curry PV

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of pulsed laser radiation to recanalize occluded biliary endoprostheses was examined. In vitro measurements demonstrated that a repetitively pulsed organic dye laser transmitted through a small diameter quartz fiber can recanalize an occluded stent in less than 10 sec without causing visible damage to the sten...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Nishioka NS,Kelsey PB,Kibbi AG,Mihm MC Jr,Anderson RR

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the effect of Er:YAG and Nd:YAG laser on radicular dentine permeability when using distilled and deionized water and 1% NaClO as irrigating solutions. STUDY DESIGN/MATERIALS AND METHODS:Thirty human maxillary canines were divided randomly into six groups. The root canals were inst...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Brugnera A Jr,Zanin F,Barbin EL,Spanó JC,Santana R,Pécora JD

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Intense pulsed light (IPL) is regarded as the gold standard of nonablative photo-rejuvenation. Yet there is still a need to observe its efficacy and safety on dark skin using a split-face module. STUDY DESIGN/MATERIALS AND METHODS:Twenty-four Chinese women with photoaging were enrolled in thi...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Li YH,Wu Y,Chen JZ,Zhu X,Xu YY,Chen J,Dong GH,Gao XH,Chen HD

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Short pulsed and scanned CO(2) lasers that target water molecules are currently used for cutaneous resurfacing. These CO(2) resurfacing lasers produce acute cutaneous contraction, which can be quantitated as a measure of the laser's effect. We postulated that targeting the vibrational and rotat...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Ellis DL,Weisberg NK,Chen JS,Stricklin GP,Reinisch L

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Optical energy-based devices, including intense pulsed light (IPL) and potassium titanyl phosphate (KTP) lasers achieve reduction of pigmented and vascular lesions in a relatively similar number of treatments. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of an IPL with a "KTP-like" filter emitting a ...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Friedmann DP,Peterson JD

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Smear layer removal with EDTA from root canal walls allows greater cleaning and disinfection of root canals. However, because Er:YAG laser acts on the removal of the smear layer, the objective of investigation was to analyze in vitro the effect of Er:YAG laser on dentin root canal wall permeab...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Pecora JD,Brugnera-Júnior A,Cussioli AL,Zanin F,Silva R

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES:Current laser therapy of port wine stain (PWS) birthmarks with a single laser pulse (SLP) does not produce complete lesion removal in the majority of patients. To improve PWS therapeutic efficacy, we evaluated the performance of an approach based on multiple laser pulses (MLP) to enhance blood ves...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Jia W,Tran N,Sun V,Marinček M,Majaron B,Choi B,Nelson JS

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this in vitro study is to evaluate the use of the KTP (potassium-titanyl-phosphate) 532 nm laser for future use in endovaporization of large choroidal melanomas. STUDY DESIGN/MATERIALS AND METHODS:A KTP 532 nm green laser coupled to a 0.3 mm fiberoptic probe was used to perform...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Mattes D,Reich EM,Muellner K,Langmann G

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Some oral bacteria are susceptible to killing by red light after their sensitization with toluidine blue O (TBO). The photochemotherapy of periodontal disease in vivo would require a therapeutic window where bacteria could be killed without adjacent normal tissue damage. STUDY DESIGN/MATERIALS...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Soukos NS,Wilson M,Burns T,Speight PM

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous investigators, using relatively high irradiance levels, have been unable to demonstrate viable tissue in the plume during carbon dioxide laser vaporization. Our study was undertaken to reinvestigate this possibility, particularly at the lower irradiance levels that are currently in clinical use. Fresh post-mo...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Walker NP,Matthews J,Newsom SW

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Hypervascular skin lesions (HVSL) are treated with medical lasers characterized by a variety of parameters such as wavelength lambda, pulse duration t(p), and radiant exposure E that can be adjusted for different pathology and blood vessel size. Treatment parameters have been optimized assumin...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Kimel S,Choi B,Svaasand LO,Lotfi J,Viator JA,Nelson JS

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:To analyze the impact of humidity and temperature on excimer laser ablation of polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) and porcine corneal tissue, and an ablation model to compensate for the temperature and humidity changes on ablation efficiency. STUDY DESIGN/MATERIAL...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Verma S,Kehrer T,Hesser J,Arba Mosquera S

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Hypertrophic scarring and rigid scar contracture are disorders of wound healing for which there is presently no effective therapy. The dermal fibroblast plays a major role in scar fibrillogenesis and contracture. The objective of this study was to establish a selective and effective method to d...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Strong LH,Berthiaume F,Yarmush ML

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We hypothesized that autologous clot deposited on the luminal surface of laser vascular welds immediately after creation would produce higher time zero bursting pressures that could be achieved in welds perfused with saline alone. To test this hypothesis, we compared bursting pressures of welds created in isolated rab...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Oz MC,Bass LS,Chuck RS,Johnson JP,Parangi S,Nowygrod R,Treat MR

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:The conventional pulsed-dye laser (wavelength 585 nm, pulse duration 0.5 milliseconds) is seen as the standard treatment for port wine stains (PWS). Using the pulsed-dye laser at wavelengths of 590, 595, and 600 nm and at varying pulse durations of 1.5-40 milliseconds is one of the newest deve...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Greve B,Raulin C

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Laser-induced photo thermal damage has been combined with photodynamic therapy (PDT) using a systemic photosensitiser to treat vascular lesions. The efficacy of PDT using systemic 5-aminolaevulinic acid (5-ALA) as the photosensitiser and pulsed dye laser (PDL) as the light source in port wine ...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Evans AV,Robson A,Barlow RJ,Kurwa HA

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) is a developing approach for noninvasive detection of oral lesions with label-free contrast and cellular-level resolution. For access into the oral cavity, confocal microscopes are being configured with small-diameter telescopic probes and small objective lenses. However...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Peterson G,Zanoni DK,Ardigo M,Migliacci JC,Patel SG,Rajadhyaksha M

更新日期：2019-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The argon fluoride excimer laser is investigated as a cutting-ablating tool for bone surgery. Quantitative measurements are presented for various fluences of laser energy and number of pulses. Histological data are presented that demonstrate the minimal damage to the surrounding material from the laser interaction. Co...

journal_title：Lasers in surgery and medicine

authors： Lustmann J,Ulmansky M,Fuxbrunner A,Lewis A

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00