• DocumentCode
    3638641
  • 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
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    3218
  • Lastpage
    3221
  • 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"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE
  • ISSN
    1094-687X
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4123-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1558-4615
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5627205
  • Filename
    5627205