Dye Lasers

Tunable liquid lasers with organic compounds (i.e., dye) which have a strong absorption band, used as the active medium. During emission, the dye has to be optically excited by another light source (e.g., another laser or flash lamp). The range of the emission wavelength may be anywhere from the ultraviolet to the near infrared (i.e., from 180 to 1100nm). These lasers are operated in continuous wave and pulsed modes. (UMDNS, 2005)

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Experts

1.	Nelson, J Stuart: 13 articles (08/2015 - 01/2002)
2.	Geronemus, Roy G: 12 articles (08/2015 - 10/2003)
3.	Lanigan, S W: 10 articles (04/2006 - 08/2000)
4.	Nouri, Keyvan: 9 articles (11/2014 - 08/2002)
5.	Alster, Tina S: 9 articles (12/2010 - 01/2002)
6.	Raulin, C: 9 articles (08/2010 - 01/2000)
7.	Kono, Taro: 9 articles (03/2009 - 06/2003)
8.	Anderson, R Rox: 8 articles (03/2015 - 06/2002)
9.	Raulin, Christian: 8 articles (07/2011 - 01/2002)
10.	Boixeda, Pablo: 7 articles (09/2015 - 01/2003)

Related Diseases

1.	Port-Wine Stain (Nevus Flammeus) 12/01/2012 - "Pulsed dye laser (PDL) is the most effective treatment for port wine stain (PWS) birthmarks. " 01/01/1998 - "Port wine stains can be treated successfully with the dye laser in most cases. " 08/01/2014 - "Pulsed dye laser is effective for treating port-wine stains, although the optimal timing is controversial. " 04/01/2012 - "Pulsed dye laser (PDL) is the gold standard for treatment of port-wine stain (PWS) birthmarks but multiple treatments are required and complete resolution is often not achieved. " 09/01/2004 - "The pulsed dye laser is the treatment of choice for port-wine stains, with proven efficacy and low incidence of side-effects. "
2.	Cicatrix (Scar) 09/01/2014 - "Pulsed dye laser was more effective in color of scar compared with AFL, which showed marked improvement in the contour of scar. " 10/01/2014 - "The mean Vancouver Scar Scale scores improved significantly from 8.0 to 4.6 and 8.2 to 4.7 with nonablative fractional and pulsed-dye lasers, respectively (p<0.001). " 09/01/2014 - "Pulsed dye laser and AFL treatments for surgical scar provide significant improvement. " 12/01/2010 - "One prospective pilot study of 11 patients with vocal fold scarring treated with the pulsed dye laser has also shown statistically significant improvement in subjective and objective voice measures, as well as laryngeal stroboscopy findings after treatment. " 11/01/2015 - "One study found superior efficacy of ablative fractionated laser treatment of surgical scars compared to pulsed dye laser while the others found equivalent efficacy when compared to dermabrasion or pulsed dye laser. "
3.	Telangiectasis (Telangiectasia) 07/01/2003 - ": Pulsed-dye laser treatment has been shown to be highly effective for the treatment of facial telangiectasia. " 10/01/1997 - "The flashlamp-pumped pulsed dye laser (585 and 577 nm) has proven to be a very effective and safe treatment option in the therapy of essential telangiectasias (ETE). " 07/01/2003 - "Significantly, the variable-pulse pulsed-dye laser offers patients the option of effective treatment of some telangiectasia without bruising." 04/01/1999 - "We present the case of a 34-year-old woman with extensive post-radiotherapy skin telangiectasia of the chest wall and axilla who was treated with six sessions of pulsed dye laser treatment, with a considerable improvement in appearance. " 02/01/2012 - "Facial telangiectasia and other vascular lesions have historically been effectively treated with the pulsed dye laser (PDL). "
4.	Hemangioma (Angioma) 01/01/2012 - "Pulsed dye laser has proven effective in the treatment of ulcerated hemangiomas. " 01/01/2014 - "Pulsed dye laser has been proved to be fairly effective in the treatment of infantile hemangioma. " 06/01/2014 - "Combination therapy of infantile hemangiomas with pulsed dye laser and Nd:YAG laser is effective and safe." 01/01/2014 - "595 nm pulsed dye laser provides a safe and effective modality with lower morbidity for hand hemangioma." 02/01/2006 - "Pulsed dye laser (PDL) has been reported to be safe and effective in the management of superficial hemangiomas of infancy. "
5.	Acne Vulgaris 03/01/2008 - "Acne is a very prevalent skin disorder, and several devices, such as blue light, pulsed dye laser, diode laser, LED, RF and pulsed light systems, have been reported to have varying degrees of efficacy for treatment. " 01/01/2008 - "Recent studies have demonstrated that pulsed-dye laser (PDL) treatment is beneficial for inflammatory acne treatment. " 06/16/2004 - "In this study, the nonpurpuric pulsed dye laser therapy did not result in significant improvement of facial acne. " 03/01/2006 - "The 585-nm pulsed-dye laser and the 1,450-nm diode laser have been found effective for the treatment of mild-to-moderate inflammatory facial acne. " 09/01/1998 - "Effective treatment of acne fulminans-associated granulation tissue with the pulsed dye laser."

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