Studies on Dynamics of High Power Laser Beam Propagation in Biological Media

这项研究启动拨款将确定生物组织对高功率激光的反应。特别的重点将放在表征可逆和不可逆的变化，发生的结果是由激光引起的加热。调查将包括对现有数学模型的修改，以考虑到观察到的影响。这一基础性工作将为改进生物医学激光器的设计提供重要的新信息。

This Research Initiation grant will determine the response of biological tissue to high power laser light. Special emphasis will be placed on characterizing the reversible and irreversible changes that occur as a result of the heating caused by the laser. The investigation will include a modification of existing mathematical models to take into account the observed effects. This basic work will provide important new information for the improved design of lasers for biomedical applications.