The Thermal-Chemical Damage in Biological Material under Laser Irradiation
- 1 July 1970
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
- Vol. BME-17 (3) , 220-229
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tbme.1970.4502736
Abstract
A mathematical model for thermal-chemical damage to biological materials excited by laser irradiation is described. The chemical rate equations for protein denaturization are used to predict radii of damage for cases where the input-laser-energy distribution results in the uniform heating of a small sphere or a disk. These rate equations are limited to a single-hit process. Experimental checks on this model are presented for ruby-laser irradiation of small carbon particles in egg albumin and for CO2-laser surface heating of egg albumin.Keywords
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