Laser/Microwaves In Medicine

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Note: This course is not available for the current semester.

Course No: 16.555; Last Offered: No Data;

Course Description

Microwave hyperthermia, implantable radiators and techniques; EM techniques for medical diagnostics: lung water measurement, blood flow measurements, arterial wall movement by microwave Doppler radar, microwave radiometry and its uses in breast cancer; RF-field interactions with biological systems: electrical properties and biophysical mechanisms; introduction to medical optics and lasers: laser characteristics, laser surgery, optical fiber delivery systems, endoscopes, optical fiber sensors and spectrometers, phototherapy, photon migration and imaging through tissue, coherence tomography, biometrics, ophthalmic applications, laser tweezers.

Prerequisites & Notes

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  • Credits: 3;

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