Product Description: Expand your skills in the rapidly growing field of laser dentistry! Principles and Practice of Laser Dentistry uses a concise, evidence-based approach in describing protocols and procedures. Dr. Robert A. Convissar, a renowned lecturer on this subject, has assembled a diverse panel of international contributors; he’s also one of the first general dentists to use lasers in his practice...read more

Discusses the types of biological warfare experiments conducted by the Japanese during World War II and the scientists who worked on them, and examines the deal made with the U.S. government in exchange for results of those tests

Product Description: Lasers have become an increasingly useful tool in conventional dental practice. Their precision and less invasive quality make them an attractive technology in esthetic and pediatric dentistry, oral medicine, and a range of other dental procedures...read more

Product Description: Expand your skills in the rapidly growing field of laser dentistry! The new second edition of Principles and Practice of Laser Dentistry contains everything you need to know about the latest laser procedures across all areas of dentistry...read more

This exciting adventure in the Cabin Creek Mystery series is set in the American west, in a small mountain town: Lost Island was off limits--until now. Jeff and David are canoeing to the deserted island to search for clues--and hidden treasure. Town legend tells of a robber and a secret cave, but the brothers have to piece together the truth. With the help of their cousin, Claire, they'll get to the bottom of the mystery, no matter what they have to dig up! #2 in the series, THE CLUE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LAKE, is now available.

A careful review of the literature covering various aspects of applications of lasers in science and technology reveals that lasers are being applied very widely throughout the entire gamut of physical medicine. After surveying the current developments taking place in the field of medical applications of lasers, it was considered appropriate to bring together these efforts of international research scientists and experts into one volume. It is with this aim that the editors have prepared this volume which brings current research and recent developments to the attention of a wide spectrum of readership associated with hospitals, medical institutions and universities world wide, including also the medical instrument industry. Both teachers and students in the medical faculties will especially find this compendium quite useful. This book is comprised of eleven chapters. All of the important medical applications of lasers are featured. The editors have made every effort that individual chapters are self-contained and written by experts. Emphasis has been placed on straight and simple presentation of the subject matter so that even the new entrants into the field will find the book of value.

Product Description: With the growing age of the population, the proportion of elderly patients with diffuse coronary artery disease and severe comorbidities is increasing. The characteristics of these patients render them unsuitable for currently recognized revascularization procedures (CABG, PTCA)...read more

Product Description: A comprehensive overview of the principles and applications of femtosecond lasers, especially applied to medicine and to production technology. The advantages and problems of ultrashort laser pulses are discussed in more detail in the context of applications in the micro-machining of technical materials such as drilling, surface structuring and cutting, in medical use like dental, ophthalmologic, neurological and otolaryngological applications, in metrology, and in the generation of x-rays...read more

Product Description: Full-color photos and illustrations demonstrate surgical techniques and key teaching points.A Laser Fundamentals chapter describes the physics of lasers and the wavelengths that can produce better outcomes.Introducing Lasers into the Dental Practice chapter provides guidelines on investing in laser technology and in marketing this new procedure...read more

Product Description: The second edition maintains the standard of excellence established in the first edition, while adjusting the content to reflect changes in tissue optics and medical applications since 1995. The material concerning light propagation now contains new chapters devoted to electromagnetic theory for coherent light...read more

Product Description: Medical practitioners, scientists and graduate students alike will find this exhaustive survey a vital learning tool. It provides a thorough description of the fundamentals and applications in the field of laser-tissue interactions...read more

Product Description: Focused on filling the need for a "basic physics" understanding of laser -tissue interactions, this book brings together contributions from experts in various medical specialties, including ophthalmology, dermatology, and cardiovascular medicine...read more

Product Description: It is now well established that all living systems emit a weak but permanent photon flux in the visible and ultraviolet range. This biophoton emission is correlated with many, if not all, biological and physiological functions. There are indications of a hitherto-overlooked information channel within the living system...read more

Product Description: The introduction of innovative light sources, fibre laser sources and light emitting diodes, is opening unexpected perspectives into optical techniques and is promising new exciting applications in the field of biomedicine. Lasers and Current Optical Techniques in Biology aims to provide an overview of light sources, together with an extensive and authoritative description of the optical techniques in bio-medicine...read more

Product Description: This comprehensive reference work illustrates the state of the art of laser-induced analytical methods in environmental and life sciences via an interdisciplinary approach. Ky techniques for remote sensing in the atmosphere as well as diagnostic methods for soil, water and air contamination and exhaled breath are described...read more

Discusses the types of biological warfare experiments conducted by the Japanese during World War II and the scientists who worked on them, and examines the deal made with the U.S. government in exchange for results of those tests

Product Description: The volume includes photothermal and photoimmunological interactions in treatment of metastatic cancer, photodynamic therapy (PDT), mechanism for reactivity in soluble guanylate cyclase, neuron responses to laser light in the blue spectral region, all-fiber-optics waveguide delivery system for laser medicine, tissue spectroscopy using femtosecond white light, in vivo system for laser therapy, brain tumor detection, acoustic on-line monitoring of IR laser ablation of burnt skin, laser irradiation of the primary auditory neurons and degeneration of their receptor cells in cultures of the mouse cochlea, brain mapping and imaging, and laser medical technologies...read more

Product Description: This is the first monograph to present the pros and cons of competing systems in a practical evaluation: each of the main chapters details the technology, the studies to date and the clinical technique.

Product Description: The diversity of the chapters presented in this volume illustrates not only the many applications of lasers, but also the fact that, in many cases, these are not new uses of lasers, but rather improvements of laser techniques already widely accepted in both research and clinical situations...read more

Product Description: Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a ground breaking medical technique which uses lasers to activate light-sensitive chemicals to treat cancer and other diseases without resorting to surgery. For the first time, Chemical Aspects of Photodynamic Therapy introduces in an accessible way the physics, chemistry and biology behind the technique...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)