The Laser-Forschungslabor (LFL) at the LIFE-Center of the Hospital of the University of Munich is a medical-field-independent interdisciplinary research institution focusing on medical laser applications for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes, biophotonics, and medical optics. LFL acts as a link between the medical community and the medicine-related industry. Furthermore LFL serves as an educational platform for physicians and students of different disciplines.

Fields of Activity
• Lasermedicine for diagnosis and therapy
• Biophotonics
• Medical optics and optical sensors

Range of Services
• Mentoring: internships, Bachelor-, Master-, MD- and PhD-Theses
• Consulting: Fluorescence-based diagnostics, clinical laser applications, photodynamic therapy, optical properties of biological tissue, light dosimetry
• Safety aspects: laser safety and medical laser courses

Research & Development Activities
• Tissue differentiation by means of remission and fluorescence techniques
• Photodynamic therapy
• Laserinduced thermotherapy, soft and hard tissue ablation
• Fluorescence lifetime microscopy
• Confocal microendoscopy
• Optical coherence tomography
• Light application systems and fibre-based sensors
• Tissue optics
• Light dosimetry

LFL is Technology Partner
for companies manufacturing medical laser systems, endoscopes, fibre-optic components, imaging systems, microscopes, fibre-based light application systems