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7 December 2021 Optical transmission feedback for infrared laser sealing of blood vessels
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Abstract
Infrared lasers can thermally seal vascular tissues. Optical transmission was correlated with blood vessel burst pressures after sealing. Successful seals recorded an optical transmission decrease of 56±25% versus 31±24% for failed seals (p0.05)
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Nicholas C. Giglio and Nathaniel M. Fried "Optical transmission feedback for infrared laser sealing of blood vessels", Proc. SPIE 11919, Translational Biophotonics: Diagnostics and Therapeutics, 119192K (7 December 2021); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2615070
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KEYWORDS
Blood vessels

Transmittance

Infrared lasers

Laser irradiation

Tissues

Blood pressure

Diagnostics

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