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Time-resolved, light scattering measurements of cartilage and cornea denaturation due to free electron laser radiation.

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Sobol, E; Sviridov, A; Kitai, M; Gilligan, JM; Tolk, NH; Edwards, GS
Published in: Journal of biomedical optics
April 2003

Light scattering is used to monitor the dynamics and energy thresholds of laser-induced structural alterations in biopolymers due to irradiation by a free electron laser (FEL) in the infrared (IR) wavelength range 2.2 to 8.5 microm. Attenuated total reflectance (ATR) Fourier-transform IR (FTIR) spectroscopy is used to examine infrared tissue absorption spectra before and after irradiation. Light scattering by bovine and porcine cartilage and cornea samples is measured in real time during FEL irradiation using a 650-nm diode laser and a diode photoarray with time resolution of 10 ms. The data on the time dependence of light scattering in the tissue are modeled to estimate the approximate values of kinetic parameters for denaturation as functions of laser wavelength and radiant exposure. We found that the denaturation threshold is slightly lower for cornea than for cartilage, and both depend on laser wavelength. An inverse correlation between denaturation thresholds and the absorption spectrum of the tissue is observed for many wavelengths; however, for wavelengths near 3 and 6 microm, the denaturation threshold does not exhibit the inverse correlation, instead being governed by heating kinetics of tissue. It is shown that light scattering is useful for measuring the denaturation thresholds and dynamics for different biotissues, except where the initial absorptivity is very high.

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Published In

Journal of biomedical optics

DOI

EISSN

1560-2281

ISSN

1083-3668

Publication Date

April 2003

Volume

8

Issue

2

Start / End Page

216 / 222

Related Subject Headings

  • Tomography, Optical
  • Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
  • Proteins
  • Protein Denaturation
  • Optics
  • Nasal Septum
  • Models, Biological
  • Light
  • Lasers
  • Electrons
 

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Sobol, E., Sviridov, A., Kitai, M., Gilligan, J. M., Tolk, N. H., & Edwards, G. S. (2003). Time-resolved, light scattering measurements of cartilage and cornea denaturation due to free electron laser radiation. Journal of Biomedical Optics, 8(2), 216–222. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.1559996
Sobol, Emil, Alexander Sviridov, Moishe Kitai, Jonathan M. Gilligan, Norman H. Tolk, and Glenn S. Edwards. “Time-resolved, light scattering measurements of cartilage and cornea denaturation due to free electron laser radiation.Journal of Biomedical Optics 8, no. 2 (April 2003): 216–22. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.1559996.
Sobol E, Sviridov A, Kitai M, Gilligan JM, Tolk NH, Edwards GS. Time-resolved, light scattering measurements of cartilage and cornea denaturation due to free electron laser radiation. Journal of biomedical optics. 2003 Apr;8(2):216–22.
Sobol, Emil, et al. “Time-resolved, light scattering measurements of cartilage and cornea denaturation due to free electron laser radiation.Journal of Biomedical Optics, vol. 8, no. 2, Apr. 2003, pp. 216–22. Epmc, doi:10.1117/1.1559996.
Sobol E, Sviridov A, Kitai M, Gilligan JM, Tolk NH, Edwards GS. Time-resolved, light scattering measurements of cartilage and cornea denaturation due to free electron laser radiation. Journal of biomedical optics. 2003 Apr;8(2):216–222.

Published In

Journal of biomedical optics

DOI

EISSN

1560-2281

ISSN

1083-3668

Publication Date

April 2003

Volume

8

Issue

2

Start / End Page

216 / 222

Related Subject Headings

  • Tomography, Optical
  • Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
  • Proteins
  • Protein Denaturation
  • Optics
  • Nasal Septum
  • Models, Biological
  • Light
  • Lasers
  • Electrons