KTP stands for potassium titanyl-phosphate; the KTP laser is used to treat blood vessels on the face and redness from rosacea. The KTP laser treatment can give a dramatic improvement in the appearance of redness and vessels on the face in only one to two treatments.
ActiveX control. An ActiveX control is a component program object that can be re-used by many application programs within a computer or among computers in a network. The technology for creating ActiveX controls is part of Microsoft's overall ActiveX set of technologies, chief of which is the Component Object Model (COM).
active surveillance. Epidemiology Surveillance in which extra measures are taken to collect data and confirm diagnoses to ensure more complete reports for surveys and outbreak investigations. Active surveillance encompasses formal and informal communications. Oncology Active waiting An approach to managing early prostate cancer (PC), which affords a window on its natural history, and is an ideal setting for identifying and evaluating biomarkers of PC behaviour.