Huanglongbing (HLB) is a serious citrus disease that threatens the citrus industry. In previous studies, sulfonamide antibiotics and heat treatment suppressed 'Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus' (Las), but did not completely eliminate the Las. Furthermore, there are few reports studying the bacterial microbiome of HLB-affected citrus treated by heat and sulfonamide antibiotics. In this study, c...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Knowledge about optical parameters and the resultant light distribution in laser-treated tissue is important for predicting the effects of laser-induced thermotherapy of liver metastases (LITT). MATERIALS AND METHODS The absorption and scattering coefficients as well as the anisotropy factors and the optical penetration depths of human liver tissue and colorectal live...

In all fundus laser treatments of the eye, the temperature increase is not exactly known. In order to optimize treatments, an online temperature determination is preferable. We investigated a noninvasive optoacoustic method to monitor the fundus temperature during pulsed laser irradiation. When laser pulses are applied to the fundus, thermoelastic pressure waves are emitted, due to thermal expa...

Objective. To improve the results of treatment in patients with benign nodular pathology thyroid gland (TG) by means perfecting technique minimally invasive a high-intensive laser under sonographic control.
 Materials and methods. An original laser-induces thermotherapy (LITT) nodule ablation vessels, feeding was developed introduced. The procedure used 91 gland, 116 underwent laser-induce...