Laser-tissue interaction with a high-power 2-μm fiber laser: Preliminary studies with soft tissue

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 407-413

  Pierce, Mark C ^a   Jackson, Stuart D ^a   Dickinson, Mark R ^a   King, Terence A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continuous wave; Laser ablation; Laser surgery; Mid infrared; Thermal effects

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBER OPTICS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER SURGERY; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; TISSUE INJURY;

ABSORPTION; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FIBER OPTICS; INFRARED RAYS; LASERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLES; RADIATION INJURIES; SWINE;

EID: 0033403754     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1999)25:5<407::AID-LSM7>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Hale GM, Querry MR. Optical constants of water in the 200-nm to 200-μm wavelength region. Appl Opt 1973;12: 555-563.
2. Verdaasdonk RM, van Swol CFP. Laser light delivery systems for medical applications. Phys Med Biol 1997;42: 869-894.
3. Azzolini C, Gobbi PG, Brancato R, Trabucchi G, Codenotti M. New semiconductor laser for vitreoretinal surgery. Lasers Surg Med 1996;19:177-183.
4. Muendel M, Engstrom B, Kea D, Laliberte B, Minns R, Robinson R, Rockney B, Zhang Y, Collins R, Gavrilovic P, Rowley A. 35-Watt cw single mode ytterbium fiber laser at 1.1 μm. In: 1997 OSA technical digest series: conference on lasers and electro-optics. Vol 11. Washington, DC: Optical Society of America, 1997; p CPD30-1.
5. Jackson SD, King TA. High-power diode-cladding-pumped Tm-doped silica fiber laser. Opt Lett 1998;23: 1462-1464.
6. LeCarpentier GL, Motamedi M, McMath LP, Rastegar S, Welch AJ. Continuous wave laser ablation of tissue: analysis of thermal and mechanical events. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 1993;40:188-200.
7. Verdaasdonk RM, Borst C, van Gemert MJC. Explosive onset of continuous wave laser tissue ablation. Phys Med Biol 1990;35:1129-1144.
8. Youell PD, Dickinson MR, King TA. Investigations into the interaction of a high power semiconductor diode laser with biological tissue. Proc SPIE 1993;2077:109-117.
9. Pearce J, Thomsen S. Rate process analysis of thermal damage. In: Welch AJ, van Gemert MJC, editors. Optical-thermal response of laser irradiated-tissue. New York: Plenum, 1995; p 570-584.
10. Domankevitz Y, McMillan K, Nishioka NS. Characterization of tissue ablation with a continuous wave holmium laser. Lasers Surg Med 1996;19:97-102.
11. McKenzie AL. Physics of thermal processes in laser-tissue interaction. Phys Med Biol 1990;35:1175-1209.