06ML64 LASERS AND FIBER OPTICS IN MEDICINE

VICEVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

06ML64 LASERS AND FIBER OPTICS IN MEDICINE

Part - A

Unit - 1

Introduction: Historical background. Medical Lasers: Introduction, Laser physics-fundamentals, principles, advances, Medical Lasers-fundamentals, principles, advances. Medical Laser Systems-fundamentals, principles. Laser safety-fundamentals.

6 Hours

Unit - 2

Applications of Lasers in Therapy & Diagnosis: Introduction, laser assisted diagnosis and therapy-fundamentals, interaction of laser beams and materials-principles (except 3.3.4).

7 Hours

Unit - 3

Laser interaction with tissue-principles; laser assisted diagnostics-principles, applications of lasers in diagnosis and imaging-advances, laser surgery and therapy-principles-photothermal & photomechanical mechanisms, thermal interaction between laser and tissue-advances.

6 Hours

Unit - 4

Single Optical Fibers :Introduction, historical background, optical fibers-fundamentals, light transmission in optical fibers-principles, optical properties of optical fibers-advances, fabrication of optical fibers-principles, optical fibers for UV, visible, IR light-principles, power transmission through optical fibers-principles, modified fiber ends and tips-principles, fiber lasers-advances.

7 Hours

Part - B

Unit - 5

Optical Fiber Bundles:Introduction, non-ordered fiber optic bundles for light guides-fundamentals & principles, ordered fiberoptic bundles for imaging devices-fundamentals & principles, fiberscopes and endoscopes-fundamentals, fiber optic imaging systems-advances.

7 Hours

Unit - 6

Endoscopy:Introduction, endoscopic imaging systems-fundamentals, principles, advances, endoscopic diagnostics-advances, endoscopic therapy-fundamentals, endoscopic ultrasound imaging-principles.

7 Hours

Units - 7 & 8

Clinical Applications of Fiber Optic Laser Systems:Introduction, fiberoptic laser systems in cardiovascular disease (except 9.2.6), gastroenterology, gynecology, neurosurgery, oncology, ophthalmology, orthopaedics, otolaryngology (ENT), urology, and flow diagram for laser angioplasty & photodynamic therapy.

12 Hours

Text book:
1. Lasers and Optical Fibers in Medicine by Abraham Katzir, Academic Press, 1998.

Reference Books:

1. Therapeutic Lasers – Theory and practice by G.David Baxter, Churchill Livingstone Publications.

2. Medical Lasers and their safe use-David H Shiney, Stephen and L.Trokel, Springer, Springer Verlag publications

3. Elements of fiber optics- S.L.Wymer, Regents PHI

4. Biomedical Electronics and Instrumentation- S.K.Venkata Ram Galgotia publications.