Evidence map›Paper›PMID 22112139›Full record

ArticleJournal of biomedical optics2011

Injury depth control from combined wavelength and power tuning in scanned beam laser thermal therapy.

Martin Villiger, Andrew Soroka, Guillermo J Tearney, Brett E Bouma, Benjamin J Vakoc

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Article in Journal of biomedical optics, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Martin VilligerHarvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA. mvilliger@partners.org
Andrew Soroka
Guillermo J Tearney
Brett E Bouma
Benjamin J Vakoc
Massachusetts General Hospital · US

Funding

Conformal laser thermal therapy for epithelial cancerR33CA125560 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI BOUMA, BRETT E · 2008 to 2010
$936k
Image-Guided Laser Therapy for Barrett's EsophagusK25CA127465 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI VAKOC, BENJAMIN JAMES · 2007 to 2011
$595k
NCI NIH HHS K25 CA127465NCI NIH HHS K25CA127465NCI NIH HHS R33 CA125560NCI NIH HHS R33CA125560
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Laser thermal therapy represents a possible method to treat premalignant epithelial lesions of the esophagus. Dynamically conforming the thermal injury profile to a specific lesion boundary is expected to improve the efficacy of such a treatment and avoid complications. In this work, we investigated wavelength tuning as a mechanism to achieve this aimed control over injury depth by using the strong variation of water absorption close to 1900 nm. We developed a numerical model simulating in steps the photon propagation in the tissue, the diffusion of the absorbed heat, and the resulting tissue damage. The model was compared with experimental results on porcine esophageal specimens ex vivo and showed good agreement. Combined with power tuning, the wavelength agility in the range of 1860 to 1895 nm extends the injury range compared to a fixed wavelength source beyond 1 mm, while at the same time improving control over shallow depths and avoiding vaporization at the tissue surface. The combination of two or three discrete wavelengths combined at variable ratios provides similar control, and may provide an improved strategy for the treatment of endothelial lesions.

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Models, BiologicalAnimalsComputer SimulationEndotheliumEsophagusLaser TherapyReproducibility of ResultsSwine

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PMID22112139
PMCPMC3221721
OpenAlexW2139088739

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