Year: 2016
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: Laser incision of soft tissues is understood as an energy-based, thermal process: the energy associated with the laser beam is absorbed by the tissue under the form of heat, producing a local rise of temperature. Continuous temperature increase eventually breaks molecular bonds and results in the ejection of hot plume. This process is commonly referred to as thermal laser ablation and has been extensively studied in the past, but has never been modeled for monitoring or control purposes. In this thesis, we build models capable of describing the development of laser incisions in soft tissues, given the same inputs used by the clinicians, i.e. the laser operational parameters. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
Source: Springer theses
Author: Loris Fichera
Institutions: Italian Institute of Technology, University of Genoa
Language: English
Subfield: Computational Mechanics
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4237517353