Lasers in Photomedicine and Photobiology

I. General Introduction to Photomedicine and Photobiology.- Photomedicine: Potentials for Lasers. An Overview.- Common Misconceptions About Light.- Basic Photobiology and Open Problems.- Photobiology of Ultraviolet Radiation.- Light Induced Covalent Combination Between Furocoumarins and DNA. A Chemical Approach.- II. Photodynamic Therapy of Tumors.- The Molecular Biology of Photodynamic Action.- Photoradiation Therapy of Malignant Tumors; Role of the Laser.- 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.- Spectroscopic Properties of Human Skin and Photodestruction of Tumors.- Photodynamic Effect of Hematoporphyrin (HP) on Cells Cultivated in Vitro.- Laser Fluorescence Bronchoscopy for Early Lung Cancer Localization.- III. Photodermatology.- The Future Prospects for Lasers in Dermatological Photobiology.- Will Lasers be Useful in Photodermatology?.- A Survey of the Acute Effects of UV Lasers on Human and Animal Skin.- Helium-Cadmium Laser (325 nm) Irradiation of Pigmented and Unpigmented Mammalian Skin: Electron Microscopic Effects on Dermal Nerve Fibers.- The Application of Dye Lasers in Photodermatology.- Photorecovery in Human Skin.- IV. Phototherapy of Hyperbilirubinemia.- to the Mechanism of Phototherapy of Jaundice and Related Technology.- Photoinduced Modification of Human Serum Albumin During Phototherapy of Jaundiced Newborns.- A Laser Flash Photolysis Study of Bilirubin.- V. Absorption and Fluorescence Spectroscopy.- Laser Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Biomolecules.- Spectroscopic Properties of Quinacrine Mustard.- Optical-Microwave Double Resonance Spectroscopy of in Vivo Chlorophyll.- Evaluation of the Chromatin Functional State by Means of Fluorescence Decay Time Analysis.- VI. Raman and Picosecond Spectroscopy.- Resonance-Raman Spectroscopy in Biological Problems: Use of Labels.- Enhanced Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering From Living Cells of "Chlorella Pyrenoidosa".- Time Resolved Resonance Raman Scattering as a Probe of Hemoglobin Dynamics.- Direct and Reverse Photoreactions in Bacteriorhodopsin at Low Temperatures on Picosecond Time Scale.- Selective Action on Nucleic Acids Components by Picosecond Light Pulses.- Laser Selective Photobiology: Dye-Biomolecule Complexes.- Picosecond Fluorometry of the Exciton Diffusion in Green Plant Antenna Chlorophyll.- Subpicosecond Photodissociation and Time Resolved Spectroscopy of Recombination Processes in Carbonmonoxyhemoglobin.- Index of Contributors.