Nowadays, dynamically develo** optical (photonic) technologies play an ever-increasing
role in medicine. Their adequate and effective implementation in diagnostics, surgery, and …

Laser surgery is a rising surgical technique, which offers several advantages compared to
the traditional scalpel. However, laser surgery lacks a contact-free feedback system which …

In laserosteotomy, it is vital to avoid thermal damage of the surrounding tissue, such as
carbonization, since carbonization does not only deteriorate the ablation efficiency but also …

Biological tissue identification in real clinical scenarios is a relevant and unsolved medical
problem, particularly in the operating room. Although it could be thought that healthy tissue …

Laser surgery provides clean, fast and accurate cutting of tissue. However, it is difficult to
detect what kind of tissue is being cut. Therefore, a wrong cut may lead to iatrogenic damage …

Cancer treatment is an integral part of oral and maxillofacial surgery. Oral cancer in
particular is a highly prevalent neoplasm. Standard treatment for most of the tumors is …

A novel real-time and non-destructive method for differentiating soft from hard tissue in laser
osteotomy has been introduced and tested in a closed-loop fashion. Two laser beams were …

In the present study, the elemental compositions of fat and nerve tissue during their plasma
mediated laser ablation are studied in the context of tissue differentiation for laser surgery …

Laser surgery provides a number of advantages over conventional surgery. However, it
implies large risks for sensitive tissue structures due to its characteristic non-tissue-specific …

This article presents a real-time noninvasive method for detecting bone and bone marrow in
laser osteotomy. This is the first optical coherence tomography (OCT) implementation as an …