Laser scanning

<p>Laser scanning is the controlled <a href="/facts/Deflection_(physics)/ya8MwRG3">deflection</a> of <a href="/facts/Laser/jk6PTvvT">laser</a> beams, visible or invisible. 
Scanned laser beams are used in some <a href="/facts/3-D_printers/lbvWU3t0">3-D printers</a>, in <a href="/facts/Rapid_prototyping/zYQ6ccPI">rapid prototyping</a>,  in machines for material processing, in <a href="/facts/Laser_engraving/uC4GTMgr">laser engraving</a> machines, in ophthalmological laser systems for the treatment of <a href="/facts/Presbyopia/SYtUhl2D">presbyopia</a>, in <a href="/facts/Confocal_microscopy/Gh7pY9Cl">confocal microscopy</a>, in <a href="/facts/Laser_printer/fJ2GrUBj">laser printers</a>, in <a href="/facts/Laser_show/YkI9btKB">laser shows</a>, in <a href="/facts/Laser_TV/Ehx9g0oX">Laser TV</a>, and in <a href="/facts/Barcode_scanner/k6L6FUlY">barcode scanners</a>.
Applications specific to mapping and 3D object reconstruction are known as <i><a href="/facts/3D_laser_scanner/b9SPUmLM">3D laser scanner</a></i>.
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Laser scanning