Special hollow-glass waveguides for medical applications

Author

Jelinkova, H. ; Sulc, J. ; Cemy, P. ; Nemec, M. ; Cech, Martin ; Miyagi, Masaya ; Yi-Wei Shi ; Matsuura, Yasuyuki

Author_Institution

Fac. of Nucl. Sci. & Phys. Eng., Czech Tech. Univ., Prague, Czech Republic

fYear

2000

fDate

10-15 Sept. 2000

Abstract

Summary form only given. Due to an increasing peak power available from solid-state laser systems and growing number of applications of such radiation sources, there is a great demand for a means of laser pulses transport from the source to the interaction place. Waveguides were used for Er:YAG radiation delivery in dentistry (removal of hard tissues), in ophthalmology (laser ablation of human sclera and iris), and in cardiology (for transmyocardial laser revascularization). Also waveguides were used for Nd:YAG radiation delivery in the ophthalmology (for secondary cataract treatment).

Keywords

cardiology; dentistry; erbium; eye; laser applications in medicine; optical waveguides; solid lasers; Er:YAG radiation delivery; Nd:YAG radiation delivery; YAG:Er; YAl5O12:Er; cardiology; dentistry; hard tissues; hollow-glass waveguides; human sclera; interaction place; iris; laser ablation; laser pulses; medical applications; ophthalmology; radiation sources; secondary cataract treatment; solid-state laser systems; transmyocardial laser revascularization; Biomedical equipment; Dentistry; Humans; Iris; Laser ablation; Medical services; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Solid lasers; Waveguide lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2000. Conference Digest. 2000 Conference on

Conference_Location

Nice

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6319-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE.2000.909854

Filename

909854