An overview of activities at the Laser Biomedical Research Center

Author

Dasari, R. ; Izatt, Joseph A ; Richards-Kortum, R. ; Rava, R. ; Feld, M.

Author_Institution

George R. Harrison Spectrosc. Lab., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

Volume

8

Issue

4

fYear

1989

Firstpage

14

Lastpage

20

Abstract

Research projects on laser heating and ablation and on spectroscopy of biological tissues are described. The discussion focuses on studies regarding microscopic laser light scattering of biological cells and structures, ablation of calcific tissue using pulsed HF laser radiation, and fluorescence and its use in diagnosing atherosclerosis. A specifically designed multifiber laser catheter constructed to collect tissue fluorescence spectra using fiber optics is described.<>

Keywords

biological effects of laser radiation; laser applications in medicine; reviews; Laser Biomedical Research Center; atherosclerosis diagnosis; biological cells; biological structures; biological tissues; calcific tissue; fiber optics; laser heating; laser spectroscopy; laser tissue ablation; microscopic laser light scattering; multifiber laser catheter; pulsed HF laser radiation; tissue fluorescence spectra; Biological cells; Biological tissues; Fiber lasers; Fluorescence; Heating; Laser ablation; Light scattering; Microscopy; Optical pulses; Spectroscopy;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0739-5175

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/51.45951

Filename

45951