• DocumentCode
    2956465
  • Title

    Non-invasive burn depth determination by diffuse reflectance measurement of intensity modulated light

  • Author

    Spott, T. ; Pham, T. ; Svaasand, L.O. ; Tromberg, B.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys. Electron., NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    10-15 Sept. 2000
  • Abstract
    Summary form only given. The surface of a slab of chicken breast muscle was gradually heated with a CO/sub 2/ laser. The goal of the experiment was to detect the depth of the coagulated top layer by measuring the diffuse reflectance at the tissue surface.
  • Keywords
    coagulation; combustion; laser applications in medicine; muscle; reflectivity; CO/sub 2/; CO/sub 2/ laser; chicken breast muscle; coagulated top layer depth detection; diffuse reflectance; diffuse reflectance measurement; gradually heated; intensity modulated light; non-invasive burn depth determination; tissue surface; Intensity modulation; Laser theory; Optical modulation; Reflectivity; USA Councils;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2000. Conference Digest. 2000 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Nice
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6319-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOE.2000.910342
  • Filename
    910342