Amplitude decay of photoacoustic signals in biological tissue when irradiated by nanosecond laser pulses

Richard J. Dewhurst; Teng Li; Grzegorz Gondek

doi:10.1117/12.698887

13 February 2007 Amplitude decay of photoacoustic signals in biological tissue when irradiated by nanosecond laser pulses

Richard J. Dewhurst, Teng Li, Grzegorz Gondek

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Proceedings Volume 6437, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2007: The Eighth Conference on Biomedical Thermoacoustics, Optoacoustics, and Acousto-optics; 643723 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.698887
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2007, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

In this paper, we report on sequential decreases in the amplitude of photoacoustic (PA) signals from nanosecond laser pulse irradiation of various samples. These samples include biological tissues, such as dental-enamel and chicken/turkey breast as well as some non-biological samples. Laser energy densities in the range of 80mJ/cm² to 300mJ/cm² were used in our experiments, typical of those used in PA imaging regimes. Induced temperature rises are modelled to show that the average temperature rise for each pulse in those biological tissues is less than one degree centigrade. Measurements reveal a rapid decay of photoacoustic signals within the first few laser pulses absorbed by the sample and this decay is irreversible in the short term. The phenomenon indicates that laser irradiation interacts with biological samples, causing long-term physical changes that can be attributed to a reduction of optical absorption within the samples.

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Richard J. Dewhurst, Teng Li, and Grzegorz Gondek "Amplitude decay of photoacoustic signals in biological tissue when irradiated by nanosecond laser pulses", Proc. SPIE 6437, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2007: The Eighth Conference on Biomedical Thermoacoustics, Optoacoustics, and Acousto-optics, 643723 (13 February 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.698887

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