Module ME4170-KP04, ME4170

Mechanismen laserinduzierter Gewebseffekte (MechLasGew)


Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each winter semester

Credit points

4

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

  • Master MES 2020, optional subject, medical engineering science
  • Master MES 2014, optional subject, medical engineering science
  • Master MES 2011, advanced curriculum, biophysics and biomedical optics

Classes and lectures:

  • Physical Mechanisms of Pulsed Laser Surgery of Cells and Tissues/Excercises (exercise, 1 SWS)
  • Physical Mechanisms of Pulsed Laser Surgery of Cells and Tissues (lecture, 2 SWS)

Workload:

  • 20 hours exam preparation
  • 55 hours private studies and exercises
  • 45 hours in-classroom work

Contents of teaching:

  • Introduction: Applications of Laser Surgery and Historical Overview
  • Structure and properties of cells and tissues relevant for laser surgery
  • Linear thermomechanical response to pulsed laser radiation
  • Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Phase Transitions
  • Dynamics of primary and secondary material ejection
  • ablation models
  • UV and IR ablation
  • Ablation in liquid environment
  • Models for plasma formation in water and biological tissue
  • Plasma formation at energies above the threshold
  • Chemical, thermal and mechanical plasma effects
  • Control of precision, efficiency and side effects in various laser surgical applications

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

  • The students can explain the basics of laser surgery via linear and non-linear light absorption.
  • They can familiarize themself with a self-chosen part of this topic and present it.
  • They can present a part of biomedical optics as an expert.
  • They can deal with complex issues and present them in a compact way (orally and in writing).

Grading through:

  • Written or oral exam as announced by the examiner

Responsible for this module:

Teacher:

Literature:

  • P.N. Prasad : Introduction to Biophotonics Wiley 2003
  • J. Popp, V. Tuchin, A. Chiou, S.H. Heinemann : Handbook of Biophotonics Vol 1 & 2 Wiley-VCH 2011
  • A.J. Welch, M. van Gemert : Optical-Thermal Response of Laser-Irradiated Tissue Plenum 1995 (zweite Auflage 2011)

Language:

  • offered only in German

Last Updated:

05.09.2021