It has been some time since I last addressed a medical laser application not connected with ophthalmology on this site. As many of you who visit this Journal regularly know, the vast majority of my consulting time was spent in ophthalmology, including applications involving ophthalmic lasers. I did, however, do a considerable amount of consulting work (and writing) about medical and surgical lasers.
So, when I read this story about a new hand-held device for detecting breast cancers using laser diagnostics, I decided to look further into the invention, and discovered that it is was an important story that should (Read more...)