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Total Internal Reflection in Fiber Optics - Section 1 of 6
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Highlights: Endoscopic Surgery and Fiber Optics - Total Internal Reflection, Critical Angle and Optical Fibers
Abstract: Section 1 introduces students to the use of fiber optics in medicine through a comparison of open surgery vs. endoscopic surgery for an appendectomy. This section includes an initial review of refraction, incident angle, critical angle and total internal reflection.
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Charles Gosselin

Rockhurst University

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Copyright:   2019 Nancy Donaldson, Charles Gosselin

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