Title :
Fluence of Thulium laser system in skin ablation
Author :
Temel Bilici;Özgür Tabakoğlu;Hamit Kalaycıoğlu;Adnan Kurt;Alphan Sennaroglu;Murat Gülsoy
Author_Institution :
Biophotonics Laboratory, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Boğ
Abstract :
Tm:YAP laser system at power levels up to 1.2 W at 1980 nm was established in both continuous-wave and modulated modes of operation. The fluence effect of the laser system for skin ablation was analyzed by histology analysis with Wistar rat skin tissues. Thermally altered length, thermally altered area, ablation area, and ablation depth parameters were measured on histology images of skin samples just after the laser operation and after four-day healing period. Continuous-wave mode of operation provided higher thermal effects on the skin samples. Lower fluence levels were found for efficient ablation effect.
Keywords :
"Laser ablation","Laser modes","Skin","Semiconductor lasers","Power lasers","Fiber lasers"
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4123-5
Electronic_ISBN :
1558-4615
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5627205
