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7 March 2022 Effects of the process dynamics in picosecond laser ablation of soft tissues
Rainer J. Beck, Ioannis Bitharas, Katjana Ehrlich, Thomas I. Maisey, Ryan K. Mathew, Andrew J. Moore, James Moor, Robert R. Thomson, David G. Jayne, Jonathan D. Shephard
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Abstract
The successful laser ablation of clinically relevant tissue models by means of picosecond laser pulses is presented. This is a potential alternative to overcome limitations of conventional electrocautery tools in terms of precision and thermal damage. The correlation of high-speed imaging of the process and a histopathological analysis of the post-process tissue morphology enables optimisation of the tissue removal rate whilst avoiding adverse cavitation effects in order to keep the collateral thermal damage to a minimum. Effective tissue removal is presented for the epithelial laser ablation of colonic tissue and the translation of this process towards head and neck surgery and brain surgery is discussed.
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Rainer J. Beck, Ioannis Bitharas, Katjana Ehrlich, Thomas I. Maisey, Ryan K. Mathew, Andrew J. Moore, James Moor, Robert R. Thomson, David G. Jayne, and Jonathan D. Shephard "Effects of the process dynamics in picosecond laser ablation of soft tissues", Proc. SPIE PC11958, Optical Interactions with Tissue and Cells XXXIII; and Advanced Photonics in Urology, PC119580E (7 March 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2610104
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KEYWORDS
Tissues

Laser ablation

Picosecond phenomena

Surgery

Colon

Laser therapeutics

Natural surfaces

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