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DESCRIPTION:The introduction of the laser as a therapeutic surgical tool in
  the 1960s has had a profound effect on certain fields of medicine\, parti
 cularly in ophthalmology and minimally-invasive endoscopic surgical discip
 lines. The implementation of real-time tissue analysis capability on the s
 urgical tool and guided precision tool placement has recently started to b
 lossom as many of the advances in robotics\, electronics\, computing and o
 ptical telecommunications technology of the last two decades make their wa
 y into the biophotonics field. Several factors have come together to make 
 this happen\, including the small size of fiber-optics coupled with their 
 extremely high intrinsic bandwidths\, their insensitivity to ambient elect
 romagnetic perturbations\, and the use of the remarkable spectral and cohe
 rence properties of laser light to simultaneously yield both functional (m
 olecular level) and structural (tissue organization) information. The talk
  will show how optical techniques available today can allow a surgical too
 l to sense both temperature and force in real time\, and how the optical a
 nalog of ultrasound is being used to equip surgical instruments with an ab
 ility to image tissue without increasing the size or cost of the tool subs
 tantially\, thereby allowing the physician to make an informed treatment d
 ecision in real time with 10-micron precision.\n\nCo-sponsored by: Montere
 y Bay \n\nSpeaker(s): John Black\, \n\nAgenda: \n12:00 pm IEEE announcemen
 ts\n12:02 pm Introduction of Speaker\n12:04 pm Presentation\n12:45 pm Q&A\
 n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/277253
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/277253
ORGANIZER:mike.brisbois@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:6
SUMMARY:IEEE Laser Guided Surgery 
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/277253
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>The introduction of the laser as a therape
 utic surgical tool in the 1960s has had a profound effect on certain field
 s of medicine\, particularly in ophthalmology and minimally-invasive endos
 copic surgical disciplines. The implementation of real-time tissue analysi
 s capability on the surgical tool and guided precision tool placement has 
 recently started to blossom as many of the advances in robotics\, electron
 ics\, computing and optical telecommunications technology of the last two 
 decades make their way into the biophotonics field. Several factors have c
 ome together to make this happen\, including the small size of fiber-optic
 s coupled with their extremely high intrinsic bandwidths\, their insensiti
 vity to ambient electromagnetic perturbations\, and the use of the remarka
 ble spectral and coherence properties of laser light to simultaneously yie
 ld both functional (molecular level) and structural (tissue organization) 
 information. The talk will show how optical techniques available today can
  allow a surgical tool to sense both temperature and force in real time\, 
 and how the optical analog of ultrasound is being used to equip surgical i
 nstruments with an ability to image tissue without increasing the size or 
 cost of the tool substantially\, thereby allowing the physician to make an
  informed treatment decision in real time with 10-micron precision.</p><br
  /><br />Agenda: <br /><p>12:00 pm IEEE announcements<br />12:02 pm Introd
 uction of Speaker<br />12:04 pm Presentation<br />12:45 pm Q&amp\;A</p>
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