Low Power Laser

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laser stands for

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light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation

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device that produces light is blank

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monochromatic/collimated/coherent

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Single wavelength

Single color

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monochromatic

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Does not spread or diverge with distance

Able to be focused precisely on a small area

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collimation

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Photons in phase temporally and spatially

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coherence

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gaseous laser gases

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helium neon

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gallium, aluminum, arsenide make up these lasers

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diode

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gaseous resonance chamber is blanked while diode has a blank

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sealed, gap

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Electric current passes through resonance chamber stimulating laser’s active medium

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power source

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lasers with HeNe

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red light lasers

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lasers with GaAIAs and GaAs and diode type

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infrared light

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contains only one diode of a specific lasing medium

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single diode

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contains a group of diodes that may be of differing lasing mediums

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cluster diode

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Class blank lasers can damage the retina if the laser beam is focused on the eye.

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3b

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the process of stimulating or inhibiting (modulating) the biologic responses of cells due to exposure to light

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photobiomodulation

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increase cell function effect of laser

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photobiostimulation

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decrease cell function effect of laser

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photobioinhibition

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dose response of laser follows this principle

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arndt shultz

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photon absorption follows law of blank

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grotthus draper

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(color lover) a photo-acceptor molecule
Melanin – skin darkening
Hemoglobin – RBC
Retinal rhodopsin – color vision

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chromophores

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shorter wavelengths scatter blank than longer wavelengths

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more

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absorption is inversely proportional to penetration, and is greater for blank wavelengths

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shorter

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Dependent upon frequency of laser light and tissue being irradiated

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depth of penetration

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HeNe lasers are blank penetrating than GaAs or GaAlAs lasers

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less

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blank penetration occurs by absorption while blank occurs in deeper tissues

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direct, indirect

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Al Ga As laser produces a blank shaped beam

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elliptical

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lllt causes increased Mast cell release Interleukin 6 formation (inflammatory regulator) Decreased dermal necrosis

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acute phase

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lllt causes Wound contraction | Tensile strength/stress

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chronic

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lllt causes Enhanced collagen formation Degranulation Myofibroblast conversion

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subacute

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power (P) delivered per area of laser probe (cm2)

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power density

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Energy delivered per area of laser probe x time of irradiation

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energy density

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amount of laser energy delivered by each diode in joules

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dose per diode

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Total amount of laser energy delivered to the tissue | in joules

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dose tissue

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laser power output is uninterrupted for entire time of irradiation

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continuous

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laser power output is constantly interrupted for entire time of irradiation

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pulsed

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number of joules for power during lllt increases with blank

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stage of healing

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contraindications for lllt

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over eyes, over malignancy, pregnant, epilepsy, over thyroid