Lasers in Photomedicine and Photobiology: Proceedings of the European Physical Society, Quantum Electronics Division, Conference, Florence, Italy, September 3–6, 1979

Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Photomedicine: Potentials for Lasers. An Overview....Pages 2-22
Common Misconceptions about Light....Pages 23-25
Basic Photobiology and Open Problems....Pages 26-39
Photobiology of Ultraviolet Radiation....Pages 40-47
Light Induced Covalent Combination Between Furocoumarins and DNA. A Chemical Approach....Pages 48-55
Front Matter....Pages 57-57
The Molecular Biology of Photodynamic Action....Pages 58-66
Photoradiation Therapy of Malignant Tumors; Role of the Laser....Pages 67-75
Hematoporphyrin as a Sensitizer in Tumor Phototherapy: Effect of Medium Polarity on the Photosensitizing Efficiency and Role of the Administration Pathway on the Distribution in Normal and Tumor-Bearing Rats....Pages 76-82
Spectroscopic Properties of Human Skin and Photodestruction of Tumors....Pages 83-86
Photodynamic Effect of Hematoporphyrin (HP) On Cells Cultivated in Vitro....Pages 87-91
Laser Fluorescence Bronchoscopy for Early Lung Cancer Localization....Pages 92-95
Front Matter....Pages 97-97
The Future Prospects for Lasers in Dermatological Photobiology....Pages 98-101
Will Lasers be Useful in Photodermatology?....Pages 102-108
A Survey of the Acute Effects of UV Lasers on Human and Animal Skin....Pages 109-114
Helium-Cadmium Laser (325 nm) Irradiation of Pigmented and Unpigmented Mammalian Skin: Electron Microscopic Effects on Dermal Nerve Fibers....Pages 115-120
The Application of Dye Lasers on Photodermatology....Pages 121-128
Photorecovery in Human Skin....Pages 129-133
Front Matter....Pages 135-135
Introduction to the Mechanism of Phototherapy of Jaundice and Related Technology....Pages 136-144
Photoinduced Modification of Human Serum Albumin During Phototherapy of Jaundiced Newborns....Pages 145-152
A Laser Flash Photolysis Study of Bilirubin....Pages 153-156
Front Matter....Pages 157-157
Laser Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Biomolecules....Pages 158-166
Spectroscopic Properties of Quinacrine Mustard....Pages 167-170
Optical-Microwave Double Resonance Spectroscopy of in Vivo Chlorophyll....Pages 171-174
Evaluation of the Chromatin Functional State by Means of Fluorescence Decay Time Analysis....Pages 175-179
Front Matter....Pages 181-181
Resonance-Raman Spectroscopy in Biological Problems: Use of Labels....Pages 182-188
Enhanced Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering from Living Cells of „Chlorella Pyrenoidosa“....Pages 189-194
Time Resolved Resonance Raman Scattering as a Probe of Hemoglobin Dynamics....Pages 195-199
Direct and Reverse Photoreactions in Bacteriorhodopsin at Low Temperatures on Picosecond Time Scala....Pages 200-206
Selective Action on Nucleic Acids Components by Picosecond Light Pulses....Pages 207-215
Laser Selective Photobiology: Dye-Biomolecule Complexes....Pages 216-220
Picosecond Fluorometry of the Exciton Diffusion in Green Plant Antenna Chorophyll....Pages 221-228
Subpicosecond Photodissociation and Time Resolved Spectroscopy of Recombination Processes in Carbonmonoxyhemoglobin....Pages 229-233
Back Matter....Pages 235-238