Coordinator:

Prof. Stefan Nolte

Lecturers

Prof. Stefan Nolte, Dr. Roland Ackermann, Dr. Gabor Matthäus

Lectures / Seminars

• Further information on moodle.
• Please enrol to the module in Friedolin to get access to the moodle-class.
• Lectures: Monday 14:00-16:00; Rudolf-Straubel-Hörsaal , Fröbelstieg 1
  Seminars: every second Friday 10:00-12:00; SR 2-ACP , Albert-Einstein-Str. 6

Contents of the course

The course gives an introduction into the basic mechanisms of laser-tissue interactions.
Different laser technologies will be presented. Their application in different fields of clinical
medicine and diagnostics will be discussed.

The following topics will be covered:

• Laser systems for the application in medicine
• Beam guiding systems and optical medical devices
• Optical properties of tissue
• Thermal properties of tissue
• Photochemical interaction
• Vaporisation/coagulation
• Photoablation
• Photodisruption, nonlinear optics
• Laser-based imaging
• Clinical applications
• Nanophotonics in medicine

Requirements to complete the module:

• to be announced in the lecture

Exam dates

• Date: tba
• Time:
• Location: