DocumentCode
3130659
Title
Thermal elastic shear wave in dermis for diagnosis of superficial tissue damage in radiation therapy
Author
Chang, ShengYi ; Ho, ChienWa ; Hsieh, Tong-Sheng ; Chou, Chien
Author_Institution
Dept. of Opt. & Photonics, Nat. Central Univ., Taoyuan, Taiwan
fYear
2009
fDate
13-17 July 2009
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
Thermal elastic shear wave (TESW) propagating in dermis becomes harmonic wave because of partially isotropic and homogeneous conversion induced by ionization radiation damage. The linearity of absorbed dose versus transverse oscillation frequency of TEWS was measured.
Keywords
biological tissues; dosimetry; elastic waves; ionisation; patient diagnosis; radiation therapy; absorbed dose; dermis; harmonic wave; homogeneous conversion; ionization radiation damage; radiation therapy; superficial tissue damage diagnosis; thermal elastic shear wave; transverse oscillation frequency; Biomedical applications of radiation; Cancer; Dermis; Frequency; Ionizing radiation; Laser beams; Polarization; Thermal engineering; Tissue damage; Wavelength measurement;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
OptoElectronics and Communications Conference, 2009. OECC 2009. 14th
Conference_Location
Hong Kong
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-4102-0
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-4103-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OECC.2009.5219968
Filename
5219968
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