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A REVIEW OF THE USES OF LASER IN GASTRO-INTESTINAL TRACT
Author(s) -
Ghassan A A Nasir
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
basrah journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2409-501X
pISSN - 1683-3589
DOI - 10.33762/bsurg.2010.55434
Subject(s) - laser , optics , radiation , wavelength , optoelectronics , photon , laser lithotripsy , photodynamic therapy , medicine , materials science , medical physics , physics , chemistry , organic chemistry
LASER→Emit photons in a narrow, well defined beam of light. The light is often nearmonochromatic, consistency of single narrow wavelength. It is highly coherent and is often polarized. LASER was introduced to practice in 16 May 1960. Laser introduce into medicine at early 1970. LASER in Medicine: various types of laser are used in medicine for diagnosis, treatment and therapy. The medical areas that employ laser include: Angioplasty, Dentistry, Dermatology, Lithotripsy, Mammography, Ophthalmology, Surgery, Urology, Cancer laser (PDT: Photodynamic therapy).

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