Photothermal effect of infrared lasers on ex vivo lamb brain tissues

Baturay Özgürün; Murat Gülsoy

doi:10.1117/12.2295906

13 February 2018 Photothermal effect of infrared lasers on ex vivo lamb brain tissues

Baturay Özgürün, Murat Gülsoy

Proceedings Volume 10492, Optical Interactions with Tissue and Cells XXIX; 1049209 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2295906
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2018, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Here, the most suitable infrared laser for a neurosurgery operation is suggested, among 1940-nm thulium fiber, 1470-nm diode, 1070-nm ytterbium fiber and 980-nm diode lasers. Cortical and subcortical ex-vivo lamb brain tissues are exposed to the laser light with the combinations of some laser parameters such as output power, energy density, operation mode (continuous and pulsed-modulated) and operation time. In this way, the greatest ablation efficiency associated with the best neurosurgical laser type can be defined. The research can be divided into two parts; pre-dosimetry and dosimetry studies. The former is used to determine safe operation zones for the dosimetry study by defining coagulation and carbonization onset times for each of the brain tissues. The latter is the main part of this research, and both tissues are exposed to laser irradiation with various energy density levels associated with the output power and operation time. In addition, photo-thermal effects are compared for two laser operation modes, and then coagulation and ablation diameters to calculate the ablation efficiency are measured under a light microscope. Consequently, results are compared graphically and statistically, and it is found that thulium and 1470-nm diode lasers can be utilized as subcortical and cortical tissue ablator devices, respectively.

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Baturay Özgürün and Murat Gülsoy "Photothermal effect of infrared lasers on ex vivo lamb brain tissues", Proc. SPIE 10492, Optical Interactions with Tissue and Cells XXIX, 1049209 (13 February 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2295906

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