title: Clinical applications of the organic dye laser.
abstract: Clinical research utilizing the yellow, orange and red wavelengths of the dye laser (Rhodamine 6G and MD-631) indicates that the liquid organic dye laser may have considerable applications in ocular photodynamic and photocoagulation therapy. The effectiveness of the dye laser as a photodynamic (photoradiation) and photocoagulation source is due to the large numbers of wavelengths of relatively high output power that can be produced in the visible spectrum. Therefore, a target tissue can be selectively destroyed with minimal laser energy necessarily transmitted through the refractive media. The dye laser, as a photoradiation or photocoagulation system, should prove valuable in the therapy of ocular disease.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004396:Coloring Agents; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008028:Light Coagulation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D008268:Macular Degeneration / Q000601:surgery*; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012169:Retinal Vein; D012235:Rhodamines; D014966:Xanthenes
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents; D012235:Rhodamines; D014966:Xanthenes; C026188:rhodamine 6G