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[ 554WMGSLVMV22 ] VL Laser techniques in Medicine

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1,5 ECTS M2 - Master's programme 2. year (*)Medical Engineering Johannes Heitz 1 hpw Johannes Kepler University Linz
Detailed information
Original study plan Master's programme Medical Engineering 2025W
Learning Outcomes
Competences
Students have basic knowledge of the influence of laser radiation on matter, especially with regard to medical applications.
Skills Knowledge
• Knowing and remembering the physical and technical basics of lasers and their differences. (k1-k5)

• Knowing and remembering the physical and biological principles of laser-matter interaction. (k1-k4)

• Evaluate and select suitable laser procedures for medical applications. (k1-k5)

• Physics and technology of lasers

• Interaction of laser light with tissue

• Laser-induced temperature increases in matter; melting, vaporisation

• Ablation with short-pulse and ultrashort-pulse lasers

• Special laser applications in medicine

• Laser protection

Criteria for evaluation Oral exam or written test
Methods Stepwise development of contents using Powerpoint slides
Language German or English
Study material D. Bäuerle: Laser Processing and Chemistry, 4th Ed. Springer 2011
J. Bille, W. Schlegel: Medizinische Physik 3: Medizinische Laserphysik, Springer 2005
A. Vogel, V. Venugopalan: Mechanisms of Pulsed Laser Ablation of Biological Tissues, Chem. Rev. 2003, 103, 577-644
Changing subject? No
On-site course
Maximum number of participants -
Assignment procedure Direct assignment