Lasers in the Musculoskeletal System
Contributors: B.E. Gerber (Editor); M. Knight (Editor); W.E. Siebert (Editor)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: October 15, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9783540637615
Subjects: Orthopaedics & fractures; Surgical techniques; Rheumatology; Medical; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Surgery - Neurosurgery; Medical / Nursing; Orthopedics; Musculoskeletal system; Arthroskopie; Bewegungsapparat; Laser; Medical / Orthopedics; Wirbelsäule; Arthroscopy; Surgery - General; Diseases; Laser Surgery; Lasers in surgery
First sentence: When Albert Einstein first described the theory of stimulated emission in 1917 [10], he probably could not imagine that it would take less than 45 years for the establishment of the frist functional laser system, a ruby red laser constructed by Maiman in 1960 [31].