Measurement of the main and critical parameters for optimal laser treatment of heart disease

F. B. Kabeya, H. Abrahamse, A. E. Karsten

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Abstract

Laser light is frequently used in the diagnosis and treatment of patients. As in traditional treatments such as medication, bypass surgery, and minimally invasive ways, laser treatment can also fail and present serious side effects. The true reason for laser treatment failure or the side effects thereof, remains unknown. From the literature review conducted, and experimental results generated we conclude that an optimal laser treatment for coronary artery disease (named heart disease) can be obtained if certain critical parameters are correctly measured and understood. These parameters include the laser power, the laser beam profile, the fluence rate, the treatment time, as well as the absorption and scattering coefficients of the target treatment tissue. Therefore, this paper proposes different, accurate methods for the measurement of these critical parameters to determine the optimal laser treatment of heart disease with a minimal risk of side effects. The results from the measurement of absorption and scattering properties can be used in a computer simulation package to predict the fluence rate. The computing technique is a program based on the random number (Monte Carlo) process and probability statistics to track the propagation of photons through a biological tissue.

Original languageEnglish
Article number012009
JournalJournal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume905
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 7 Nov 2017
Event28th Annual IUPAP Conference on Computational Physics, CCP 2016 - Pretoria, South Africa
Duration: 10 Jul 201614 Jul 2016

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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