| Literature DB >> 32341848 |
Hamed Abbasi1,2, Lina M Beltrán Bernal1, Arsham Hamidi1, Antoine Droneau1,3, Ferda Canbaz1, Raphael Guzman4, Steven L Jacques5, Philippe C Cattin6, Azhar Zam1,7.
Abstract
A novel real-time and non-destructive method for differentiating soft from hard tissue in laser osteotomy has been introduced and tested in a closed-loop fashion. Two laser beams were combined: a low energy frequency-doubled nanosecond Nd:YAG for detecting the type of tissue, and a high energy microsecond Er:YAG for ablating bone. The working principle is based on adjusting the energy of the Nd:YAG laser until it is low enough to create a microplasma in the hard tissue only (different energies are required to create plasma in different tissue types). Analyzing the light emitted from the generated microplasma enables real-time feedback to a shutter that prevents the Er:YAG laser from ablating the soft tissue.Year: 2020 PMID: 32341848 PMCID: PMC7173907 DOI: 10.1364/BOE.385862
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biomed Opt Express ISSN: 2156-7085 Impact factor: 3.732