YAG:Er laser system for eye microsurgery with OCT monitoring

Author

Kamensky, V. ; Gelikonov, V. ; Gelikonov, G. ; Pravdenko, K. ; Bityurin, N. ; Sergeev, A. ; Feldchtein, F. ; Churbanov, M. ; Pushkin, A. ; Skripachev, I.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Appl. Phys., Acad. of Sci., Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

fYear

1996

fDate

2-7 June 1996

Firstpage

60

Lastpage

61

Abstract

Summary form only given. We present the results on developing a laser microsurgery complex comprising an YAG:Er laser with 2 W average power, a chalcogenide fiber delivery system with a unique damage threshold, and an optical coherence tomography (OCT) device for in situ monitoring of superficial layers of operated tissues. Using this setup, a laboratory modelling of the laser removal of cataract-suffered eye lens tissues in vitro has been carried out.

Keywords

biomedical imaging; eye; laser ablation; laser applications in medicine; optical fibres; optical tomography; patient monitoring; solid lasers; surgery; OCT monitoring; YAG:Er laser system; average power; chalcogenide fiber delivery system; damage threshold; eye microsurgery; laser microsurgery complex; Coherence; Fiber lasers; Laser modes; Microsurgery; Monitoring; Optical devices; Optical fiber devices; Power lasers; Surgery; Tomography;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1996. CLEO '96., Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-443-2

Type

conf

Filename

864358