Title :
Determination of optical property changes during laser therapies
Author :
Ishii, Katsunori ; Honda, Norihiro ; Terada, Takaya ; Awazu, Kunio
Author_Institution :
Med. Beam Phys. Lab., Osaka Univ., Suita, Japan
Abstract :
Optical property changes should be considered to realize safe laser treatments. This study shows the optical properties of normal and laser treated tissues in visible to near-infrared wavelength range by using double integrating sphere system.
Keywords :
bio-optics; biological tissues; laser applications in medicine; photometry; surgery; double integrating sphere system; laser therapies; laser treated tissues; normal tissues; optical properties determination; safe laser treatment; visible to near-infrared wavelength range; Biomedical optical imaging; Fiber lasers; Geometrical optics; Integrated optics; Laser transitions; Light scattering; Medical treatment; Oceans; Optical scattering; Sea measurements; absorption coefficient; double integrating sphere; laser medicine; optical property; scattering coefficient;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3829-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3830-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292314
