Computer Controlled Contact Nd:YAG Laser System For Interstitial Local Hyperthermia

Norio Daikuzona

doi:10.1117/12.937314

10 March 1987 Computer Controlled Contact Nd:YAG Laser System For Interstitial Local Hyperthermia

Norio Daikuzona

Proceedings Volume 0712, Lasers in Medicine; (1987) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.937314
Event: Cambridge Symposium-Fiber/LASE '86, 1986, Cambridge, MA, United States

Abstract

Contact Nd: YAG laser surgery is assuming a gre ter importance in endoscopic and open surgery allowing coagulation, cutting and vaporization with greater precision and safety. A new contact probe allows a wider angle of irradiation and diffusion of low power laser energy (less than 5 watts) using the interstitial technique for local hyperthermia. Continuously monitoring temperature sensors are placed directly into the surrounding tissue or tumor. Using a computer program interfaced with the 1.ser and sensors, a controlled and stable temperature (e.g., 42°C) can be produced in a known volume of tissue over a prolonged period of time (e.g., 20-40 minutes).

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Norio Daikuzona "Computer Controlled Contact Nd:YAG Laser System For Interstitial Local Hyperthermia", Proc. SPIE 0712, Lasers in Medicine, (10 March 1987); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.937314

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