Clinical applications of the organic dye laser.

Clinical research utilizing the yellow, orange and red wavelengths of the dye laser (Rhodamine 6G and MD-631) indicates that the liquid organic dye laser may have considerable applications in ocular photodynamic and photocoagulation therapy. The effectiveness of the dye laser as a photodynamic (photoradiation) and photocoagulation source is due to the large numbers of wavelengths of relatively high output power that can be produced in the visible spectrum. Therefore, a target tissue can be selectively destroyed with minimal laser energy necessarily transmitted through the refractive media. The dye laser, as a photoradiation or photocoagulation system, should prove valuable in the therapy of ocular disease.