An image-guided femtosecond laser is allowing surgeons to remove individual cancer cells while adjacent cells remain intact.
Researchers from the Universities of Texas and Stanford, US have demonstrated a miniaturized probe that enables ablation of single cells and subcellular structures at high precision. The tool combines two-photon microscopy and femtosecond laser microsurgery in a 10x15x40 mm housing (Optics Express 16 9996).
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