Ryad unikal'nykh svoystv, prisushchikh kogerentnomu izlucheniyu, posluzhil prichinoy shirokogo primeneniya lazerov v klinicheskoy praktike. Osoboe mesto v lazernoy meditsine zanimaet primenenie lazernogo izlucheniya nizkoy intensivnosti, imeyushchego moshchnost' svetovogo potoka ot edinits do neskol'kikh desyatkov millivatt, v kachestve nizkointensivnoy lazernoy terapii. V predlagaemoy knige rassmotreny osnovy opticheskogo izlucheniya i ego vozdeystviya na biotkan'. Opisany osobennosti postroeniya lazernykh terapevticheskikh ustroystv i osnovnye metody nizkointensivnoy lazernoy terapii na primerakh tipovykh funktsional'nykh skhem. Osoboe vnimanie udelyaetsya lazernym apparatam novogo pokoleniya, predusmatrivayushchim vvedenie obratnykh svyazey mezhdu patsientom i apparatom, pridanie apparature ryada diagnosticheskikh funktsiy, avtomatizatsii protsessa lecheniya. Krome togo, rassmotreny voprosy metrologicheskogo obespecheniya lazernoy terapevticheskoy apparatury. Kniga prednaznachena spetsialistam meditsinskogo i tekhnicheskogo profilya, zanimayushchimsya voprosami sozdaniya i ekspluatatsiey lazernoy meditsinskoy tekhniki.