Photodynamic Therapy and Biomedical Lasers

Nowadays, lasers are widely used in many areas of medicine: from diagnostic to therapeutic purposes, from basic to clinical research. The aim of the above mentioned Conference was twofold. Firstly, to provide a forum for an in-depth examination of the fields of laser applications where thermal and non-thermal effects in the tissue-light interaction are exploited. Secondly, to improve communications between the current developments of basic research and users of therapeutical techniques. Approximately 460 participants, representing 30 countries, attended the Conference. The plenary lectures and a large fraction of the contributed papers presented at the above mentioned conference are collected in this publication. Invited lectures were given from the most outstanding specialists in the different fields of experimental and clinical applications. It is hoped that this collection of manuscripts represents material which can be used widely for consultation, and for the information of anyone involved in medical applications of lasers and photodynamic therapy.
 
Nowadays, lasers are widely used in many areas of medicine: from diagnostic to therapeutic purposes, from basic to clinical research. The aim of the above mentioned Conference was twofold. Firstly, to provide a forum for an in-depth examination of the fields of laser applications where thermal and non-thermal effects in the tissue-light interaction are exploited. Secondly, to improve communications between the current developments of basic research and users of therapeutical techniques. Approximately 460 participants, representing 30 countries, attended the Conference. The plenary lectures and a large fraction of the contributed papers presented at the above mentioned conference are collected in this publication. Invited lectures were given from the most outstanding specialists in the different fields of experimental and clinical applications. It is hoped that this collection of manuscripts represents material which can be used widely for consultation, and for the information of anyone involved in medical applications of lasers and photodynamic therapy.