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11 August 2023 A system using SPML laser in measuring the depth-resolved thermal change
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Abstract
The laser nerve stimulation technique is an emerging stimulation method that utilizes some of the advantages of laser-tissue interaction. However, a narrow temperature range (41 °C – 48 °C) for successful, reliable, and safe laser nerve stimulation remains challenging for the method. This preliminary study investigates the depth-resolved thermal measurement performance of the system, comprising ⪆22 MHz Stretched-Pulse Mode-Locked (SPML) laser and a 1505 nm laser for laser nerve stimulation. Providing the OCT signal in M mode, the system successfully measured the change in fringe amplitude as a function of temperature increases in a phantom model.
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Hanife Gokkan, Emre Guralp, and Serhat Tozburun "A system using SPML laser in measuring the depth-resolved thermal change", Proc. SPIE 12632, Optical Coherence Imaging Techniques and Imaging in Scattering Media V, 1263217 (11 August 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2672215
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KEYWORDS
Laser systems engineering

Nerve stimulation

Temperature metrology

Laser safety

Laser tissue interaction

Mode locking

Optical coherence tomography

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