• DocumentCode
    2877850
  • Title

    Far-infrared rays penetrate deeper into mammary tissue and induce a higher skin blood flow in comparison to infrared irradiation

  • Author

    Lin, Cheng-De ; Huang, Chien-Chung ; Chen, Ching-Hung ; Wong, Tak-Wah ; Young, Ming-Shing

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Cheng Kung Univ., Tainan, Taiwan
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    14-17 Dec. 2004
  • Firstpage
    107
  • Lastpage
    108
  • Abstract
    Far-infrared rays (FIR) and infrared rays (IR) generate heat and were claimed to be benefit to wound healing. We compare the differences of light penetration and human skin blood flow between FIR and IR irradiation.
  • Keywords
    biological effects of optical radiation; haemodynamics; photodynamic therapy; skin; far-infrared rays irradiation; heat generation; infrared irradiation; light penetration; mammary tissue; skin blood flow; wound healing; Blood flow; Finite impulse response filter; Humans; In vitro; In vivo; Lamps; Mice; Skin; Temperature; Wounds;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Biophotonics, 2004. APBP 2004. The Second Asian and Pacific Rim Symposium on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8676-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APBP.2004.1412302
  • Filename
    1412302