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Photonics & Lasers in Medicine – Dissolved in diversity

Photonics & Lasers in Medicine – Dissolved in diversity Photon Lasers Med 2016; 5(4): 249­250 Editors' note DOI 10.1515/plm-2016-0034 It has been more than 50 years since Theodore Maiman first presented the pulsed laser beam in public. Since then this unique energy source ­ namely, light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation (LASER) ­ has initiated a new age in surgery and medicine. In the early years after its invention only a relatively small group of international clinicians and researchers were engaged in the development of improved surgical procedures and clinical therapies that were advantageous for those patients who either could not be treated successfully in a conventional way, or could be treated better than before by using LASER. Driven by these developments, national laser societies were formed, such as the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery (ASLMS) and the German Society for Laser Medicine (DGLM), followed by the first international society, the International Society for Laser Surgery and Medicine (ISLSM). As a result, within 10 years the number of medical LASER users increased to several thousand worldwide. In the following decades laser surgery and medicine developed into remarkable stage with an ever-increasing number of applications. It is a technique that is used to transport energy http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Photonics & Lasers in Medicine de Gruyter

Photonics & Lasers in Medicine – Dissolved in diversity

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Photon Lasers Med 2016; 5(4): 249­250 Editors' note DOI 10.1515/plm-2016-0034 It has been more than 50 years since Theodore Maiman first presented the pulsed laser beam in public. Since then this unique energy source ­ namely, light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation (LASER) ­ has initiated a new age in surgery and medicine. In the early years after its invention only a relatively small group of international clinicians and researchers were engaged in the development of improved surgical procedures and clinical therapies that were advantageous for those patients who either could not be treated successfully in a conventional way, or could be treated better than before by using LASER. Driven by these developments, national laser societies were formed, such as the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery (ASLMS) and the German Society for Laser Medicine (DGLM), followed by the first international society, the International Society for Laser Surgery and Medicine (ISLSM). As a result, within 10 years the number of medical LASER users increased to several thousand worldwide. In the following decades laser surgery and medicine developed into remarkable stage with an ever-increasing number of applications. It is a technique that is used to transport energy

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