Abstract：
:Since time immemorial, tuberculosis (TB) has intimidated the human race owing to its severity. Its socio-economic burden has led to it being a major cause of concern. It is one of the world's major causes of death from a single agent. Since most of the middle- and low-income countries are burdened with TB, sputum smear examination using conventional light microscopy is often the only resort for diagnosing TB. However, fluorescence microscopy is used as standard in most high-income countries, owing to its increased sensitivity. Light-emitting diodes (LEDs), being inexpensive, are increasingly gaining popularity as an alternative light source for fluorescence microscopy. It has been found to be highly efficient and has a lot of advantages over the conventional Ziehl-Neelsen-based bright field microscopy. In this review, we discuss about the usefulness of LED-based fluorescence microscopy in diagnosing TB and how it is superior to the other sources of light used.
journal_name
Lasers Med Scijournal_title
Lasers in medical scienceauthors
Ojha A,Banik S,Melanthota SK,Mazumder Ndoi
10.1007/s10103-019-02947-6subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2020-08-01 00:00:00pages
1431-1437issue
6eissn
0268-8921issn
1435-604Xpii
10.1007/s10103-019-02947-6journal_volume
35pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract：:The goal of this study was to assess the ablation, coagulation, and carbonization characteristics of the holmium:YAG (Ho:YAG) laser and thulium fiber lasers (TFL). The Ho:YAG laser (100 W av.power), the quasi-continuous (QCW) TFL (120 W av.power), and the SuperPulsed (SP) TFL (50 W av.power) were compared on a non-fro...
journal_title：Lasers in medical science
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2020-11-11 00:00:00
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journal_title：Lasers in medical science
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s10103-017-2433-1
更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Lasers in medical science
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章
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更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Lasers in medical science
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s10103-010-0878-6
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journal_title：Lasers in medical science
pub_type： 杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Lasers in medical science
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s10103-013-1307-4
更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Lasers in medical science
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/pl00011348
更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Lasers in medical science
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s10103-016-1931-x
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journal_title：Lasers in medical science
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s10103-017-2175-0
更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Lasers in medical science
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Lasers in medical science
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更新日期：2020-10-27 00:00:00
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journal_title：Lasers in medical science
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s10103-006-0397-7
更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Lasers in medical science
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s10103-012-1074-7
更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Lasers in medical science
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s10103-016-2010-z
更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Lasers in medical science
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s10103-011-0935-9
更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Lasers in medical science
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s101030050036
更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Lasers in medical science
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s10103-016-1921-z
更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Lasers in medical science
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s10103-013-1292-7
更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Lasers in medical science
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s10103-017-2261-3
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journal_title：Lasers in medical science
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章
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journal_title：Lasers in medical science
pub_type： 杂志文章
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journal_title：Lasers in medical science
pub_type： 杂志文章
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journal_title：Lasers in medical science
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s10103-019-02941-y
更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Lasers in medical science
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Lasers in medical science
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s10103-020-03063-6
更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Lasers in medical science
pub_type： 杂志文章
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journal_title：Lasers in medical science
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s10103-015-1755-0
更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Lasers in medical science
pub_type： 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：10.1007/s10103-014-1659-4
更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Lasers in medical science
pub_type： 杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00
