Proceedings of Light-Activated Tissue Regeneration and Therapy Conference

I. Mechanisms

1. Mechanisms
Darrell B. Tata, Ronald W. Waynant

2. Near-IR Picosecond Pulsed Laser Induced Suppression of Metabolic Activity in Malignant Human Brain Cancer: An In-Vitro Study
Darrell B. Tata, Ronald W. Waynant

II. Wound Healing

3. Combined 660 and 880 nm Light Improves Healing of Recalcitrant Diabetic Ulcers
Debora G. Minatel, Marco Andrey C. Frade, Suzelei C. Franca, Gil L. Almeida, Chukuka S. Enwemeka

4. Blue Light Photo-Destroys Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) In-Vitro
Chukuka S. Enwemeka, Deborah Williams, Steve Hollosi, David Yens

5. Photobiomodulation for the Treatment of Retinal Injury and Retinal Degenerative Diseases
Janis T. Eells, Kristina D. DeSmet, Diana K. Kirk, Margaret Wong-Riley, Harry T. Whelan, James Ver Hoeve, T. Michael Nork, Jonathan Stone, Krisztina Valter

6. Irradiation with 780 nm Diode Laser Attenuates Inflammatory Cytokines While Upregulating Nitric Oxide in LPS-Stimulated Macrophages: Implications for the Prevention of Aneurysm Progression
Lilach Gavish, Louise S. Perez, Petachia Reissman, S. David Gertz

7. New Aspects of Wound Healing
A. Lipovsky, Ankri R. Nitzan, Z. A. Landoy, J. Jacobi, R. Lubart

III. Photodynamic Therapy

8. An Introduction to Low-Level Light Therapy
Stuart K. Bisland

9. Enhancing Photodynamic Effect Using Low-Level Light Therapy
Stuart K. Bisland

10. Light Fractionated ALA-PDT: From Pre-Clinical Models to Clinical Practice
D. Robinson, H.S. de Bruijn, E.R.M. de Haas, H.A.M. Neumann, H.J.C.M. Sterenborg

11. Combination Immunotherapy and Photodynamic Therapy for Cancer
Michael R. Hamblin, Ana P. Castano, Pawel Mroz

12. Patient-Specific Dosimetry for Photodynamic Therapy
Jarod C. Finlay, Li Jun, Xiaodong Zhou, Timothy C. Zhu

13. Novel Targeting and Activation Strategies for Photodynamic Therapy
Juan Chen, Ian R. Corbin, Gang Zheng

IV. Cardiovascular

14. Light Therapy for the Cardiovascular System
Hana Tuby, Lydia Maltz, Uri Oron

V. Dentistry

15. Introduction: Overview
Donald E. Patthoff

16. Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging for Evaluating the Photobiomodulation Effects on Tissue Regeneration in Periodontal Tissue
Craig B. Gimbel

17. Photobiomodulation Laser Strategies in Periodontal Therapy
Akira Aoki, Aristeo Atsushi Takasaki, Amir Pourzarandian, Koji Mizutani, Senarath M.P.M. Ruwanpura, Kengo Iwasaki, Kazuyuki Noguchi, Shigeru Oda, Hisashi Watanabe, Isao Ishikawa, Yuichi Izumi

18. Combined New Technologies to Improve Dental Implant Success and Quantitative Ultrasound Evaluation of NIR-LED Photobiomodulation
Jerry E. Bouquot, Peter R. Brawn, John C. Cline

19. Photobiomodulation by Low Power Laser Irradiation Involves Activation of Latent TGF-?1
Praveen R. Arany

VI. Diabetes

20. The Role of Laser in Diabetes Management
Leonardo Longo

21. He-Ne Laser Irradiation Stimulates Proliferation and Migration of Diabetic Wounded Fibroblast Cells
Nicolette Houreld, Heidi Abrahamse

22. The Role of Colostrum Proline-Rich Polypeptides in Human Immunological and Neurological Health
Andrew Keech, John I. Buhmeyer, Richard Kolt

VII. Neuroscience

23. Phototherapy and Nerve Tissue Repair
Shimon Rochkind

24. Laser Regeneration of Spine Discs Cartilage: Mechanism, In-Vivo Study and Clinical Applications
Emil Sobol, Andrei Baskov, Anatoly Shekhter, Igor Borshchenko, Olga Zakharkina

VIII. FDA Regulations

25. Requirements for FDA Approval
Sankar Basu

IX. Pain

26. Pain Relief with Phototherapy: Session Overview
Mary Dyson

27. Is Relief of Pain with Low-Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) a Clinical Manifestation of Laser-Induced Neural Inhibition?
Roberta Chow

28. Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: A New Approach to Therapy
Allan Gardiner, Robert E. Florin, Constance Haber

X. Electric Field Interactions

29. Introduction
Martin J. C. Gernert

30. The Painful Derivation of the Refractive Index from Microscopical Considerations
Bernhard J. Hoenders

31. Independent Applications of Near-IR Broadband Light Source and Pulsed Electric Potential in the Suppression of Human Brain Cancer Metabolic Activity: An In-Vitro Study
Darrell B. Tata, Ronald W. Waynant

32. Electroencephalogram Changes Caused by Mobile Phones a Protective Device
Ngozy Mbonu, Elmar Weiler, Careen Schroeter

Keywords: Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Biophysics/Biomedical Physics, Laser Technology and Physics, Photonics, Biomedicine general