Optical-Thermal Response of Laser-Irradiated Tissue

1. Overview of Optical and Thermal Laser-Tissue Interaction and Nomenclature
Ashley J. Welch, Martin J.C. Gemert

2. Basic Interactions of Light with Tissue
Joseph T. Walsh

3. Definitions and Overview of Tissue Optics
Ashley J. Welch, Martin J.C. Gemert, Willem M. Star

4. Polarized Light: Electrodynamic Fundamentals
Jaro Rička, Martin Frenz

5. Monte Carlo Modeling of Light Transport in Tissue (Steady State and Time of Flight)
Steven L. Jacques

6. Diffusion Theory of Light Transport
Willem M. Star

7. From Electrodynamics to Monte Carlo Simulations
Jaro Rička, Martin Frenz

8. Measurement of Ex Vivo and In Vivo Tissue Optical Properties: Methods and Theories
Anthony Kim, Brian C. Wilson

9. Dynamic Changes in Optical Properties
Jennifer K. Barton

10. Laser Generated Heat Transfer
Kenneth R. Diller

11. Temperature Measurements
John A. Pearce, Jonathan W. Valvano, Stanislav Emelianov

12. Tissue Thermal Properties and Perfusion
Jonathan W. Valvano

13. Thermal Damage and Rate Processes in Biologic Tissues
Sharon Thomsen, John A. Pearce

14. Pulsed Laser Ablation of Soft Biological Tissues
Alfred Vogel, Vasan Venugopalan

15. Pulsed Laser Tissue Interaction
Joseph T. Walsh, Ton G. Leeuwen, E. Duco Jansen, Massoud Motamedi, Ashley J. Welch

16. Introduction to Medical Applications
Ashley J. Welch, Martin J.C. Gemert

17. Optical Fiber Sensors for Biomedical Applications
Lee C.L. Chin, William M. Whelan, I. Alex Vitkin

18. Optical Coherence Tomography
Dirk J. Faber, Ton G. Leeuwen

19. Photoacoustic Tomography
Lihong V. Wang

20. Steady State Fluorescence Spectroscopy for Medical Diagnosis
Anita Mahadevan-Jansen, Steven C. Gebhart

21. Molecular Imaging Using Fluorescence and Bioluminescence to Reveal Tissue Response to Laser-Mediated Thermal Injury
Mark A. Mackanos, E. Duco Jansen, Christopher H. Contag

22. The Optics of Bruising
Lise Lyngsnes Randeberg, Bjørn Skallerud, Neil E.I. Langlois, Olav Anton Haugen, Lars Othar Svaasand

23. Laser Treatment of Port Wine Stains
Boris Majaron, J. Stuart Nelson

24. Infrared Nerve Stimulation: A Novel Therapeutic Laser Modality
Jonathon D. Wells, Jonathan M. Cayce, Anita Mahadevan-Jansen, Peter E. Konrad, E. Duco Jansen

25. Summary and Future
R. Rox Anderson

Keywords: Physics, Physics, general, Biomedicine general