title: [Physical basis of therapeutic uses of lasers].
abstract: Therapeutic applications of lasers usually require different mechanisms of laser tissue interaction: the thermal interaction mechanism where light energy is converted into heat, the photochemical interaction mechanism where light induces chemical reactions, the mechanical interaction mechanism where light produces shock wave and the photoablative interaction mechanism where light energy produces desorption of tissue. The interaction mechanism depends on the choice of the laser parameters.
authors.affiliation: Unité INSERM 279, Lille.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mordon
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Brunetaud
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D010778:Photochemotherapy
vernacular_title: Bases physiques des applications therapeutiques des lasers.