Direct numerical simulation of laser induced breakdown and the associated micro-cavitation in a bio-tissue

SB Wen, K Ly - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2019 - Elsevier
An integrated analysis of laser induced breakdown (LIB) and the associated micro-cavitation
in a water-like bio-tissue is developed in this study. With this integrated analysis using …

Direct numerical simulation of the initial stage of a thermally induced microcavitation in a water-rich biotissue triggered by a nanosecond pulsed laser

SB Wen, K Ly, A Bhaskar, MS Schmidt… - Journal of Biomedical …, 2017 - spiedigitallibrary.org
A numerical analysis capable of describing the early stage of a thermal microcavitation
process in a water-rich biotissue without avalanche breakdown was developed. The …

Microcavity dynamics during laser-induced spallation of liquids and gels

G Paltauf, H Schmidt-Kloiber - Applied Physics A, 1996 - Springer
Photomechanical fracture induced by thermoelastic stress waves is an important mechanism
of tissue ablation by short laser pulses. In this study, we present experimental investigations …

Experimental investigations and numerical modeling of shock wave emission and cavitation bubble generation by picosecond and nanosecond optical breakdown

A Vogel, U Parlitz, S Busch - Laser-Tissue Interaction VI, 1995 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We present experimental investigations and numerical calculation of the shock wave
emission and cavitation bubble expansion after optical breakdown in water with Hd: YAG …

Numerical modeling of transient progression of plasma formation in biological tissues induced by short laser pulses

J Zhou, JK Chen, Y Zhang - Applied Physics B, 2008 - Springer
A theoretical model based on the rate equation for free electron density is proposed to
investigate transient progression of plasma formation in soft biological tissues during laser …

Examination of laser-induced cell lysis by time resolved imaging

KR Rau, A Guerra III, A Vogel… - … , and Analysis of …, 2004 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Highly focused laser microbeams are being used with increasing regularity for targeted cell
lysis, cellular microsurgery and molecular delivery via transient cell membrane …

A model of laser-induced cavitation

KT Byun, HY Kwak - Japanese journal of applied physics, 2004 - iopscience.iop.org
Evaporation and plasma formation due to laser irradiation and subsequent expansion of the
evaporated volume accompanying shock emission were studied theoretically as a …

Reactive species created in the collapse of laser-induced cavitation bubbles: Generation mechanism and sensitivity analysis

K Peng, FGF Qin, R Jiang, W Qu, Q Wang - Journal of Applied Physics, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Reactive species (RS) play a critical role in postoperative complications in the medical
application of lasers. From the mechanistic point, the RS arising from laser irradiation are …

Thermo-mechanical laser ablation of soft biological tissue: modeling the micro-explosions

B Majaron, P Plestenjak, M Lukač - Applied Physics B, 1999 - Springer
Characteristics of thermo-mechanical laser ablation process are investigated using an
original numerical model. In contrast with previous models, it is based on a microscopic …

Interaction of laser-produced cavitation bubbles with an elastic tissue model

A Vogel, EA Brujan, P Schmidt… - Laser-Tissue Interaction …, 2001 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We investigated the interaction of a laser-induced cavitation bubble with an elastic tissue
model by high-speed photography with up to 5 Mill. frames/sec. The elastic material …