Mathematical modeling of skin bioheat transfer

F Xu, TJ Lu, KA Seffen, EYK Ng - 2009 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Advances in laser, microwave, and similar technologies have led to recent developments of
thermal treatments for disease and injury involving skin tissue. In spite of the widespread …

Recent advances in laser treatment of port‐wine stains

SW Lanigan, SM Taibjee - British Journal of Dermatology, 2004 - academic.oup.com
The pulsed dye laser is the treatment of choice for port‐wine stains, with proven efficacy and
low incidence of side‐effects. However, in the majority of cases complete clearance cannot …

Laser coagulation and hemostasis of large diameter blood vessels: effect of shear stress and flow velocity

N Katta, D Santos, AB McElroy, AD Estrada, G Das… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Photocoagulation of blood vessels offers unambiguous advantages to current
radiofrequency approaches considering the high specificity of blood absorption at available …

A new mathematical approach to the diffusion approximation theory for selective photothermolysis modeling and its implication in laser treatment of port‐wine stains

G Shafirstein, W Bäumler, M Lapidoth… - Lasers in Surgery …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Objectives Monte Carlo (MC) simulations of light–tissue
interactions and analytical solutions for the diffusion approximation theory have been used …

MCVM: Monte Carlo modeling of photon migration in voxelized media

T Li, HUI Gong, Q Luo - Journal of Innovative Optical Health …, 2010 - World Scientific
The Monte Carlo code MCML (Monte Carlo modeling of light transport in multi-layered
tissue) has been the gold standard for simulations of light transport in multi-layer tissue, but it …

An overview of three promising mechanical, optical, and biochemical engineering approaches to improve selective photothermolysis of refractory port wine stains

G Aguilar, B Choi, M Broekgaarden, O Yang… - Annals of biomedical …, 2012 - Springer
During the last three decades, several laser systems, ancillary technologies, and treatment
modalities have been developed for the treatment of port wine stains (PWSs). However …

Comparison of human skin opto-thermal response to near-infrared and visible laser irradiations: a theoretical investigation

T Dai, BM Pikkula, LV Wang… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2004 - iopscience.iop.org
Near-infrared wavelengths are absorbed less by epidermal melanin, and penetrate deeper
into human skin dermis and blood than visible wavelengths. Therefore, laser irradiation …

[HTML][HTML] Selective photothermolysis of blood vessels following flashlamp-pumped pulsed dye laser irradiation: in vivo results and mathematical modelling are in …

P Babilas, G Shafirstein, W Bäumler, J Baier… - Journal of investigative …, 2005 - Elsevier
Laser therapy using the pulsed dye laser is the standard treatment for port-wine stains
(PWS). But the mechanism of action has not been elucidated completely, yet. The dorsal …

[HTML][HTML] Site-specific pharmaco-laser therapy: A novel treatment modality for refractory port wine stains

MI van Raath, JE van Amesfoort… - Journal of Clinical …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Despite extensive efforts to optimize laser therapy, ie, the current gold standard treatment, a
majority of port wine stain (PWS) patients responds suboptimally to laser therapy. This paper …

[HTML][HTML] Determination of optical properties of normal and adenomatous human colon tissues in vitro using integrating sphere techniques

HJ Wei, D Xing, JJ Lu, HM Gu, GY Wu… - World Journal of …, 2005 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
AIM: The purpose of the present study is to compare the optical properties of normal human
colon mucosa/submucosa and muscle layer/chorion, and adenomatous human colon …