Ultra-Short Pulse Laser Sources for Bone Tissue Ablation
A special issue of Bioengineering (ISSN 2306-5354). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomedical Engineering and Biomaterials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 December 2023) | Viewed by 387
Special Issue Editors
Interests: femtosecond laser; laser processing development; biomedical applications
Interests: femtosecond laser surgery; nonlinear microscopy; biomedical engineering; high-throughput microfluidics with applications to nerve regeneration and degeneration; stem cells; RNA-sequencing
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Laser technology is nowadays the technique of choice for a wide range of biomedical applications thanks to its ability to guarantee an unmatched ablation precision and to work with a contactless approach. In this context, the clinical exploitation of ultra-short-pulse lasers (UPS) still remains limited to a few applications in specific fields, such as ophthalmology and dermatology, mainly because of the low productivity regimes that are associated with these types of laser sources. However, recent advancements in photonics technology, such as the possibility to deliver USPs at a high average power and to transport them through optical fibres, have opened up the way to new possible application fields, for instance in osteotomy and urology. The treatment of bone tissue by USP laser sources relies on the unique properties of such laser sources to avoid thermal damage to the surrounding tissue and therefore improve its overall recovery time. Following the take-up of this technology, important steps forward could be foreseen in several clinical applications, such as bone scaffolding and replacement, micro-surgeries, or specific craniotomy techniques.
The topics of interest of this Special Issue include, but are not limited to:
- In vivo and ex vivo fundamental studies on USP laser–bone tissue interaction;
- Living cells’ interaction with USP-treated bone tissue (bioprinting processes);
- Real-time characterisation of bone tissue properties during USP ablation;
- Process development for high-throughput ablation of bone tissue;
- Clinical and pre-clinical evaluation of USP laser-based applications in osteotomy procedures;
- Device integration and process control for clinical exploitation of USP laser technology in osteotomy procedures.
Dr. Laura Gemini
Prof. Dr. Adela Ben-Yakar
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- ultra-short-pulse lasers
- femtosecond lasers
- picosecond lasers
- bone tissue
- osteotomy