Application of Diffraction Concepts in the Health Field
March 2017
in “
Jurnal materi dan pembelajaran fisika
”
TLDR Light diffraction helps in eye surgery, brain treatments, and detecting hair loss and genetic diseases.
The document discussed the application of light diffraction in healthcare, highlighting its dual nature as both a particle and a wave. It explained how light diffraction was utilized in LASIK surgery to measure pupil diameter, in optogenetics to treat neurological conditions like stroke, Alzheimer's, and PTSD by targeting brain cells, and in measuring human hair diameter to detect hair loss and genetic diseases such as cancer and androgenic alopecia.