Specialty Optical Fibers Handbook

We begin (Section 23.2) with the development of fibers and waveguides that

are capable to transmit high energies for tissue ablation, thus replacing cumber-

some medical laser arms based on tubes, joints, and reflecting mirrors. We

continue (Section 23.3) with an example of state-of-the-art operation of calculi

fragmentation in the salivary gland ducts. The next two sections deal with two

sensing methods that make use of fibers: absorption spectroscopy, which uses the

hollow core to make spectral measurements of different biological gases, and

evanescent wave sensing, which uses the penetration of waves outside the borders

of the delivery medium.

Section 23.6 deals with remote sensing of temperature, which can be applied

through endoscopes as well. ...