Search Results - "Lasers in Medical Science"

Effect of wavelength and beam width on penetration in light-tissue interaction using computational methods by Ash, Caerwyn, Dubec, Michael, Donne, Kelvin, Bashford, Tim

“…Penetration depth of ultraviolet, visible light and infrared radiation in biological tissue has not previously been adequately measured. Risk assessment of…”
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A clinical review of phototherapy for psoriasis by Zhang, Ping, Wu, Mei X.

“…Psoriasis is an autoimmune inflammatory skin disease. In the past several decades, phototherapy has been widely used to treat stable psoriatic lesions,…”
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A literature review and novel theoretical approach on the optical properties of whole blood by Bosschaart, Nienke, Edelman, Gerda J., Aalders, Maurice C. G., van Leeuwen, Ton G., Faber, Dirk J.

“…Optical property measurements on blood are influenced by a large variety of factors of both physical and methodological origin. The aim of this review is to…”
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Photobiomodulation therapy for the improvement of muscular performance and reduction of muscular fatigue associated with exercise in healthy people: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Vanin, Adriane Aver, Verhagen, Evert, Barboza, Saulo Delfino, Costa, Leonardo Oliveira Pena, Leal-Junior, Ernesto Cesar Pinto

“…Researches have been performed to investigate the effects of phototherapy on improving performance and reduction of muscular fatigue. However, a great…”
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Photodynamic and photobiological effects of light-emitting diode (LED) therapy in dermatological disease: an update by Sorbellini, Elisabetta, Rucco, Mariangela, Rinaldi, Fabio

“…Benefit deriving from the use of light is known since ancient time, but, only in the last decades of twentieth century, we witnessed the rapid expansion of…”
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Photobiomodulation with 808-nm diode laser light promotes wound healing of human endothelial cells through increased reactive oxygen species production stimulating mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation by Amaroli, Andrea, Ravera, Silvia, Baldini, Francesca, Benedicenti, Stefano, Panfoli, Isabella, Vergani, Laura

“…Photobiomodulation of cells using near-infrared (NIR) monochromatic light can affect cell functions such as proliferation, viability, and metabolism in a range…”
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Microscopic and ultrastructural modifications of postmenopausal atrophic vaginal mucosa after fractional carbon dioxide laser treatment by Zerbinati, Nicola, Serati, Maurizio, Origoni, Massimo, Candiani, Massimo, Iannitti, Tommaso, Salvatore, Stefano, Marotta, Francesco, Calligaro, Alberto

“…Vaginal atrophy occurring during menopause is closely related to the dramatic decrease in ovarian estrogens due to the loss of follicular activity…”
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Low-level laser therapy: a useful technique for enhancing the proliferation of various cultured cells by AlGhamdi, Khalid M., Kumar, Ashok, Moussa, Noura A.

“…The aim of this work is to review the available literature on the details of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) use for the enhancement of the proliferation of…”
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Plasmonic photothermal therapy (PPTT) using gold nanoparticles by Huang, Xiaohua, Jain, Prashant K., El-Sayed, Ivan H., El-Sayed, Mostafa A.

“…The use of lasers, over the past few decades, has emerged to be highly promising for cancer therapy modalities, most commonly the photothermal therapy method,…”
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In vitro outlook of gold nanoparticles in photo-thermal therapy: a literature review by Norouzi, Hasan, Khoshgard, Karim, Akbarzadeh, Fatemeh

“…Hyperthermia is an anti-cancer treatment in which the temperature of the malignant tumor is increased more than other adjacent normal tissues. Microwave,…”
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Mechanistic aspects of photobiomodulation therapy in the nervous system by Ramezani, Fatemeh, Neshasteh-Riz, Ali, Ghadaksaz, Alireza, Fazeli, Seyedalireza Moghadas, Janzadeh, Atousa, Hamblin, Michael R.

“…Photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT) previously known as low-level laser therapy (LLLT) has been used for over 30 years, to treat neurological diseases…”
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Beneficial neurocognitive effects of transcranial laser in older adults by Vargas, Enrique, Barrett, Douglas W., Saucedo, Celeste L., Huang, Li-Da, Abraham, Jacob A., Tanaka, Hirofumi, Haley, Andreana P., Gonzalez-Lima, F.

“…Transcranial infrared laser stimulation (TILS) at 1064 nm, 250 mW/cm 2 has been proven safe and effective for increasing neurocognitive functions in young…”
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Optical coherence tomography imaging of melanoma skin cancer by Rajabi-Estarabadi, Ali, Bittar, Julie M., Zheng, Caiwei, Nascimento, Vanessa, Camacho, Isabella, Feun, Lynn G., Nasiriavanaki, Mohammadreza, Kunz, Michael, Nouri, Keyvan

“…No consensus guidelines exist on the use of optical coherence tomography (OCT) for diagnosis of cutaneous melanoma. The objectives of this review are to…”
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A randomized clinical trial comparing the efficacy of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) and laser acupuncture therapy (LAT) in patients with temporomandibular disorders by Madani, Azamsadat, Ahrari, Farzaneh, Fallahrastegar, Amir, Daghestani, Naeemeh

“…This study compared the efficacy of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) versus laser acupuncture therapy (LAT) in patients with temporomandibular disorders (TMDs)…”
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Ex vivo study of Ho:YAG and thulium fiber lasers for soft tissue surgery: which laser for which case? by Taratkin, Mark, Kovalenko, Anastasia, Laukhtina, Ekaterina, Paramonova, Nina, Spivak, Leonid, Wachtendorf, Luca Johann, Eminovic, Semil, Afyouni, Andrew Sheya, Okhunov, Zhamshid, Karagezyan, Marina, Mikhailov, Vasily, Strakhov, Yuriy, Herrmann, Thomas RW, Enikeev, Dmitry

“…The goal of this study was to assess the ablation, coagulation, and carbonization characteristics of the holmium:YAG (Ho:YAG) laser and thulium fiber lasers…”
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Effect of low-level laser therapy on mesenchymal stem cell proliferation: a systematic review by Ginani, Fernanda, Soares, Diego Moura, Barreto, Mardem Portela e Vasconcelos, Barboza, Carlos Augusto Galvão

“…Low-level laser therapy (LLLT) has been used in several in vitro experiments in order to stimulate cell proliferation. Cells such as fibroblasts,…”
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Photobiomodulation with single and combination laser wavelengths on bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells: proliferation and differentiation to bone or cartilage by Fekrazad, Reza, Asefi, Sohrab, Eslaminejad, Mohammadreza Baghban, Taghiar, Leila, Bordbar, Sima, Hamblin, Michael R.

“…Tissue engineering aims to take advantage of the ability of undifferentiated stem cells to differentiate into multiple cell types to repair damaged tissue…”
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Plasmonic hyperthermia or radiofrequency electric field hyperthermia of cancerous cells through green-synthesized curcumin-coated gold nanoparticles by Rezaeian, Abbas, Amini, Seyed Mohammad, Najafabadi, Mohammad Reza H., Farsangi, Zohreh Jomeh, Samadian, Hadi

“…Nanoparticle-mediated hyperthermia is one of the prominent adjuvant therapies which has been faced by many problematic challenges such as efficiency and…”
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Photobiomodulation at molecular, cellular, and systemic levels by da Silva, Thayssa Gomes, Ribeiro, Rickson Souza, Mencalha, Andre Luiz, de Souza Fonseca, Adenilson

“…Since the reporting of Endre Mester’s results, researchers have investigated the biological effects induced by non-ionizing radiation emitted from low-power…”
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Tumor-derived extracellular vesicles: insights into bystander effects of exosomes after irradiation by Jabbari, Nasrollah, Karimipour, Mohammad, Khaksar, Majid, Akbariazar, Elinaz, Heidarzadeh, Morteza, Mojarad, Behnam, Aftab, Hossein, Rahbarghazi, Reza, Rezaie, Jafar

“…This review article aims to address the kinetic of TDEs in cancer cells pre- and post-radiotherapy. Radiotherapy is traditionally used for the treatment of…”
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