Title :
Lasers and electro-optics in the health care of the future
Author :
Parrish, John A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Dermatology, Harvard Med. Sch., Boston, MA, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Medical practice is being rapidly redefined by market forces on one side and new technologies on the other. The shift from inpatient to outpatient surgery is a good example of this. Advances in procedural medicine will be built upon the core technologies of high speed computing, robotics, systems engineering, lasers, optics, imaging and biomedical engineering. These technologies cut across traditional disciplines and have the possibilities of making medical care better, safer and less expensive.
Keywords :
biomedical imaging; laser applications in medicine; medical computing; surgery; biomedical engineering; electro-optics; health care; high speed computing; inpatient surgery; market forces; medical care; medical practice; outpatient surgery; procedural medicine; robotics; systems engineering; Ambulatory surgery; Biomedical computing; Biomedical engineering; Biomedical imaging; Biomedical optical imaging; Lasers and electrooptics; Medical robotics; Medical services; Optical computing; Systems engineering and theory;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1996. LEOS 96., IEEE
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3160-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1996.565093
