Overview
- Covers the major developments in the application of ultrafast lasers in medicine and biology
- Deals with optical analysis, processes in biology and surgery and ophtalmology
- Valuable reference to researchers and medical practitioners alike
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering (BIOMEDICAL)
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About this book
Sources of ultrashort laser pulses are nowadays commercially available and have entered many areas of research and development. This book gives an overview of biological and medical applications of these laser pulses. The briefness of these laser pulses permits the tracing of the fastest processes in photo-active bio-systems, which is one focus of the book. The other focus is applications that rely on the high peak intensity of ultrashort laser pulses. Examples covered span non-linear imaging techniques, optical tomography, and laser surgery.
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Ultrafast Lasers in Medicine
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Front Matter
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Ultrafast Lasers in Biology
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Back Matter
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Braun: German Diploma in Physics, 1996, Bayreuth; PhD in Physics, 1999, Stuttgart; Feodor-Lynen fellow, Alexander-von-Humboldt foundation 2000-2001; Postdoc at the Georgia Institute of Technology U.S.A., 2000-2001; since 2001 wiss. Assistent, LMU München; Research interests: Ultrafast spectroscopy, time-resolved X-ray, photoisomerization, nanoscience scattering, solid state physics
Gilch: German Diploma in Chemistry, 1995, Konstanz; PhD in Physical Chemistry, 1999, TU München; Albert-Weller-Preis of the GdCh, 1999; Habilitation in Experimental Physics, 2005, LMU München; since 2005 Privatdozent, LMU München; Research interest: Ultrafast spin dynamics, vibrational relaxation, mechanism of complex photo-reactions, time resolved Raman and fluorescence spectroscopy, recently non-linear Raman microscopy
Zinth: German Diploma in Physics, 1976, TU München; PhD in Physics, 1979, TU München; Habilitation in Experimental Physics, 1985, TU München; Professor (C3) Physik-Department, 1987-1991, TU München; Professor (Ordinarius, C4), since 1991, LMU München; Departmental advisor, 199-2003, LMU München
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Ultrashort Laser Pulses in Biology and Medicine
Editors: Markus Braun, Peter Gilch, Wolfgang Zinth
Series Title: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73566-3
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-73565-6Published: 29 January 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-09270-1Published: 18 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-73566-3Published: 15 March 2008
Series ISSN: 1618-7210
Series E-ISSN: 2197-5647
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 320
Topics: Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices, Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics, Imaging / Radiology, Life Sciences, general