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11 December 2012Cutaneous pain effects induced by Nd:YAG and CO2 laser stimuli
The near infrared laser technique can activate cutaneous nociceptors with high specificity and reproducibility and be
used in anti-riot equipment. This study aimed to explore cutaneous pain effect and determine the threshold induced by
Nd:YAG and CO2 laser stimuli. The corresponding wavelength was 1.32μm and 10.6μm. The pain effect was assessed in
three healthy subjects (1 woman and 2 men) on the skin of dorsum of both hands. The energy of each pulse and whether
the subjects felt a painful sensation after each stimulus were recorded. A simplified Bliss Method was used to calculate
the pain threshold which were determined under three pulse durations for Nd:YAG laser and one pulse duration for CO2
laser. As a result the pain thresholds were determined to be 5.6J/cm2, 5.4J/cm2 and 5.0J/cm2 respectively when using
Nd:YAG laser, 4.0mm beam diameter, 8ms, 0.1s and 1s pulse duration. The pain threshold was 1.0J/cm2 when using CO2
laser, 4.0mm beam diameter and 0.1s pulse duration. We concluded that the threshold of cutaneous pain elicited by
1.32μm laser was independent upon the pulse duration when the exposure time ranged from 8ms to 1s. Under the same
exposure condition, the threshold of cutaneous pain elicited by 1.32μm laser was higher than that elicited by 10.6μm
laser.
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Jia-Rui Wang, Guang-Yuan Yu, Zai-Fu Yang, Hong-Xia Chen, Dong-Dong Hu, Xian-Biao Zou, "Cutaneous pain effects induced by Nd:YAG and CO2 laser stimuli," Proc. SPIE 8553, Optics in Health Care and Biomedical Optics V, 855327 (11 December 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2000456