MARC Record from University of Toronto

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050 $aRE86$b.L37 2003
245 00 $aLasers in ophthalmology :$bbasic, diagnostic and surgical aspects ; a review /$cedited by Franz Fankhauser and Sylwia Kwasniewska.
260 $aThe Hague :$bKugler,$c2003.
300 $avi, 450 p. :$bill. (some col.) ;$c31 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $tForeword --$tPreface --$tOphthalmic laser safety --$tPurposes of surgery --$tContact lenses for ophthalmic laser treatment --$tFundamentals of optical fibers --$tOn the application of optical fibers in ophthalmology --$tLaser speckle --$tLaser Doppler techniques in ophthalmology. Principles and applications --$tPrinciples of optical coherence tomography --$tFrom physical energy to biological effect: how retinal laser treatment affects diabetic retinopathy --$tHigh-resolution multiphon imaging and nanosurgery of the cornea using femtosecond laser pulses --$tSelective absorption by melanin granules and selective cell targeting --$tMechanisms of short-pulsed plasma-mediated laser ablation and disruption --$tFirst clinical application of the laser --$tSelective retinal pigment epithelium laser treatment --$tConfocal microscopy of the eye --$tImaging in ophthalmology --$tDifferent methods of refractive surgery. The advantages and risks, their relationship to professional ethics and morals --$tCorneal laser surgery for refractive corrections --$tSelective laser trabeculoplasty --$tPhotocoagulation, transpupillary thermotherapy and photodynamic therapy for choroidal neovascularization --$tPhotodynamic therapy: basic principles and mechanisms --$tConcept and experimental validation of photodynamic therapy in neovascular structures in the eye --$tPhotodynamic therapy: clinical status --$tControversial aspects of photodynamic therapy --$tLasers in diabetes --$tRetinal photocoagulation with diode lasers --$tCentral serous chorioretinopathy --$tScanning laser polarimetry of the retinal nerve fiber layer in the detection and monitoring of glaucoma --$tGlaucomatous optic nerve staging system with confocal tomography --$tPrinciples of photodisruption --$tUltrastructural effects of laser irradiation at the anterior chamber angle --$tErbium: YAG laser trabecular ablation --$tLaser cyclodestructive procedures of the ciliary body --$tLaser uveoscleroplasty: basic mechanisms and clinical experience --$tTranspupillary laser phototherapy for retinal and choroidal tumors. A rational approach --$tLasers in intraocular tumors --$tErbium: YAG laser vitrectomy --$tLasers in small-incision cataract surgery --$tSome applications of the neodymium: YAG laser operating in the thermal and photodisruptive modes. Vetreolysis --$tNeodymium: YAG laser in strabismus and plastic surgery of the face. Wound repair --$tHemostasis, hemodynamics, photodynamic therapy, transpupillary thermotherapy: controversial aspects --$tLasers in lacrimal surgery -- Index.
650 0 $aLasers in ophthalmology.
650 0 $aEye$xlaser surgery.
700 1 $aFankhauser, Franz,$d1924-
700 1 $aKwasniewska, Sylwia.
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