Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 6, Issue 12, 896(2008)

Measurement of crater geometries after laser ablation of bone tissue with optical coherence tomography

Zhenlin Zhan1, Xianzeng Zhang1, Qing Ye2,3, and Shusen Xie1、*
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  • 1Key Laboratory of Opto-Electronic Science and Technology for Medicine of Ministry of Education, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007
  • 2Department of Otolaryngology, Fujian Provincial Hospital, Fuzhou 350001
  • 3Provincial Clinical College of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350001
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    The feasibility of measuring crater geometries by use of optical coherence tomography (OCT) is examined. Bovine shank bone on a motorized translation stage with a motion velocity of 3 mm/s is ablated with a pulsed CO2 laser in vitro. The laser pulse repetition rate is 60 Hz and the spot size on the tissue surface is 0.5 mm. Crater geometries are evaluated immediately by both OCT and histology methods after laser irradiation. The results reveal that OCT is capable of measuring crater geometries rapidly and noninvasively as compared to histology. There are good correlation and agreement between crater depth estimates obtained by two techniques, whereas there exists distinct difference between crater width estimates when the carbonization at the sides of craters is not removed.

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    Zhenlin Zhan, Xianzeng Zhang, Qing Ye, Shusen Xie, "Measurement of crater geometries after laser ablation of bone tissue with optical coherence tomography," Chin. Opt. Lett. 6, 896 (2008)

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    Paper Information

    Received: Mar. 26, 2008

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Dec. 17, 2008

    The Author Email: Shusen Xie (ssxie@fjnu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/COL20080612.0896

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