Optical-Thermal Response of Laser-Irradiated Tissue

1. Overview of Optical and Thermal Laser-Tissue Interaction and Nomenclature; 2. Basic Interactions of Light with Tissue; 3. Definitions and Overview of Tissue Optics; 4. Polarized Light: Electrodynamic Fundamentals; 5. Monte Carlo Modeling of Light Transport in Tissue (Steady State and Time of Flight); 6. Diffusion Theory of Light Transport; 7. From Electrodynamics to Monte Carlo Simulations; 8. Measurement of Ex Vivo and In Vivo Tissue Optical Properties: Methods and Theories; 9. Dynamic Changes in Optical Properties; 10. Laser Generated Heat Transfer; 11. Temperature Measurements; 12. Tissue Thermal Properties and Perfusion; 13. Thermal Damage and Rate Processes in Biologic Tissues; 14. Pulsed Laser Ablation of Soft Biological Tissues; 15. Pulsed Laser Tissue Interaction; 16. Introduction to Medical Applications; 17. Optical Fiber Sensors for Biomedical Applications; 18. Optical Coherence Tomograpy; 19. Photoacoustic Tomography; 20. Steady State Fluorescence Spectroscopy for Medical Diagnosis; 21. Molecular Imaging using Fluorescence and Bioluminescence to Reveal Tissue Response to Laser-mediated Thermal Injury; 22. The Optics of Bruising; 23. Laser Treatment of Port Wine Stains;24. Infrared Nerve Stimulation: A Novel Therapeutic Laser Modality; 25. Summary and Future.