Title :
Advances in diode laser systems and their applications to medicine
Author_Institution :
SDL Inc., San Jose, CA, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Recent advances in diode lasers and diode laser systems have resulted in potentially low cost architectures for photodynamic therapy applications. This paper will discuss these advances and framework the potential for direct diode laser systems for these applications
Keywords :
laser applications in medicine; patient treatment; semiconductor lasers; diode laser systems; direct diode laser systems; low cost architectures; medicine; photodynamic therapy applications; Costs; Diode lasers; Medical treatment; USA Councils;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1997. LEOS '97 10th Annual Meeting. Conference Proceedings., IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3895-2
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1997.630600