@article{5324fff39cda40adab48fa34f267fed8,
title = "A Theoretical Study of the Effect of Optical Properties in Laser Ablation of Tissue",
abstract = "The role of optical properties in the distribution of laser light and the resulting thermodynamic processes in biological tissue is studied from a theoretical perspective. Light distribution is modeled by a discrete ordinate method and heat transfer and ablation is modeled by an immobilized finite element method. The effect of parametric variation of absorption, scattering, and scattering anisotropicity on the dynamics of the ablation process is examined. The manifestation of higher than the ablation threshold temperature in the subsurface tissue is observed and discussed. Results indicate significant differences in the ablation behavior which may have important clinical implications.",
author = "Sohi Rastegar and Massoud Motamedi and Welch, {Ashley J.} and Hayes, {Linda J.}",
note = "Funding Information: Manuscript received November 10, 1988; revised May 8, 1989. This research was supported in part by the Free Electron Laser BiomedicaUMa-terial Science Program, ONR Contract Number N00014-86-k-0875, and by a Grant EET-8809828 from the National Science Foundation. S . Rastegar is with the Bioengineering Program, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843. M. Motamedi is with the Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202. A. J. Welch is with the Biomedical Engineering Program, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712. L. J. Hayes is with the Biomedical Engineering Program and The Texas Institute {\textquoteleft}of Computational Mechanics (TICOM), University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712. IEEE Log Number 8931103.",
year = "1989",
month = dec,
doi = "10.1109/10.42112",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "36",
pages = "1180--1187",
journal = "IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering",
issn = "0018-9294",
publisher = "IEEE Computer Society",
number = "12",
}