Prospect for feedback guided surgery with ultra-short pulsed laser light.
Curr Opin Neurobiol
; 22(1): 24-33, 2012 Feb.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22088392
ABSTRACT
The controlled cutting of tissue with laser light is a natural technology to combine with automated stereotaxic surgery. A central challenge is to cut hard tissue, such as bone, without inducing damage to juxtaposed soft tissue, such as nerve and dura. We review past work that demonstrates the feasibility of such control through the use of ultrafast laser light to both cut and generate optical feedback signals via second harmonic generation and laser induced plasma spectra.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Neurosurgical Procedures
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Surgery, Computer-Assisted
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Laser Therapy
Limits:
Animals
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Curr Opin Neurobiol
Journal subject:
BIOLOGIA
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NEUROLOGIA
Year:
2012
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States