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Paper Abstract
Intense pulsed light system in combination with contact cooling is a useful tool for treating photodamaged skin. It can
emit broadband light, and target different kind of pigment in skin. But the pressure on skin often influences the
temperature field distribution inside the skin when the treatment head contacts skin. In this paper, we assumed the
pressure on skin would cause the changes of thermal diffusivity and optical absorption coefficient. Under these
assumptions, the temperatures inside skin induced by intense pulsed light system with contact cooling were modeled
using Monte Carlo method and explicit finite difference bioheat conduction equation. The results suggest that pressure
imposed on skin surface should be taken into account when using pulsed light system with contact cooling to treat
lesions inside the skin.
Paper Details
Date Published: 11 January 2008
PDF: 5 pages
Proc. SPIE 6826, Optics in Health Care and Biomedical Optics III, 68260S (11 January 2008); doi: 10.1117/12.757095
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 6826:
Optics in Health Care and Biomedical Optics III
Xingde Li; Qingming Luo; Ying Gu, Editor(s)
PDF: 5 pages
Proc. SPIE 6826, Optics in Health Care and Biomedical Optics III, 68260S (11 January 2008); doi: 10.1117/12.757095
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Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 6826:
Optics in Health Care and Biomedical Optics III
Xingde Li; Qingming Luo; Ying Gu, Editor(s)
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