Femtosecond-Laser-Assisted LASIK Eye Surgery and Imaging (2015) by Hui Sun PDF

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Over the last decade, the field of femtosecond eye surgery has expanded rapidly, supporting the advantages of combined high-ablation precision and minimized collateral tissue effects. One of the most promising applications for femtosecond laser eye surgery has been corneal surgery, namely laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) surgery, where the high-pressure laser plasma nonthermally dissociates the dense corneal tissue thereby enabling lamellar cornea procedures with mini- mized side effects and the subsequent excimer laser shapes the corneal surface. Millions of people worldwide have been patients for LASIK surgery and have benefited from such new technology. Recently, people have shown increasing interest in this surgery itself and the research behind it. LASIK surgery includes three parts: wavefront detection, femtosecond-laser flap creation, and excimer- laser cornea correction. This Spotlight focuses on femtosecond-laser-assisted LASIK surgery, including basic research for femtosecond-laser eye surgery and tissue imaging. Hui Sun July 2015

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