LASER Optoelectronics in Medicine

'Basic Science.- Laser Hospital - It's Clinical and Engineering Results -.- Remotized Laser Beam Distribution System for Surgical Applications.- Diffusely Reflecting Surfaces for Laser Surgical Instruments.- Excimer Laser for Medicine - Prospects for Computer Guided Surgery.- A New Argon Laser System with Kaleidoscanner and Its Clinical Applications.- The Clinical Potential of the Holmium Laser.- Medical Applications of KrF Excimer Laser.- Comparative Study on Excimer, CO2 and Nd:YAG Laser for Biological Tissue Cutting.- Neodymium-YAG Laser at 1064 and 1320 NM: Laser-Tissue Interaction at Varying Irradiation Parameters and Application Techniques.- Photoablation Threshold of Human Aorta as a Function of Wavelength.- First Experiences with Disposable Fibre Delivery Systems for the Neodym:YAG Laser.- Infrared Plastic Waveguides for Surgical Applications.- Hollow Light Guide for Medical CO2 Laser.- Medical Applications of Silver Halide Optical Fibers.- Detection and Analysis of the Ultra-Weak Photon Emission from Various Biological Materials.- Miniaturized Optoelectronic Transceiver for Application and Pick-Up of Biological Signals.- Applications of Optical Phase Conjugation in Medicine.- Potential Applications of Lasers in Diagnosis and Preoperative Assessment of Lesions Using Three Dimensional Imaging.- Neurosurgery.- Homo Faber Amplificus Lucis - State of the Art.- Lasers in Neurosurgery - State of the Art.- The Use of Contact Laser in Neurosurgery.- A Review of 500 Cases of Brain Tumors Operated with Multiple Laser Sources in Comparison with Conventional Tools.- Laser-Assisted Nerve Anastomoses using A 1,3 µm Nd:YAG Laser with Long-Term Observations.- Time Course of the Blood-Brain Barrier Defect Following Laser Irradiation and Other Injuries of the Rat Forebrain.- Effect of Nd: YAG Laser at 1.44 µm on Rabbit Brain.- Use of the Nd: YAG Laser in Microsurgery of Intracranial Tumors.- Surgery and Plastic Surgery.- The CO2-Laser in Clinical Surgery Past, Present and