Monitoring changes of optical attenuation coefficients of acupuncture points during laser acupuncture by optical coherence tomography

Yimei Huang; Hongqin Yang; Yuhua Wang; Liqin Zheng; Shusen Xie

doi:10.1117/12.870270

8 November 2010 Monitoring changes of optical attenuation coefficients of acupuncture points during laser acupuncture by optical coherence tomography

Yimei Huang, Hongqin Yang, Yuhua Wang, Liqin Zheng, Shusen Xie

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Proceedings Volume 7845, Optics in Health Care and Biomedical Optics IV; 78452F (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.870270
Event: Photonics Asia 2010, 2010, Beijing, China

Abstract

The physical properties of acupuncture point were important to discover the mechanism of acupuncture meridian. In this paper, we used an optical coherence tomography to monitor in vivo the changes of optical attenuation coefficients of Hegu acupuncture point and non-acupuncture point during laser irradiation on Yangxi acupuncture point. The optical attenuation coefficients of Hegu acupuncture point and non-acupuncture point were obtained by fitting the raw data according to the Beer-Lambert's law. The experimental results showed that the optical attenuation coefficient of Hegu acupuncture point decreased during the laser acupuncture, in contrast to a barely changed result in that of non-acupuncture point. The significant change of optical attenuation coefficient of Hegu acupuncture point indicated that there was a correlation between Hegu and Yangxi acupuncture points to some extent.

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Yimei Huang, Hongqin Yang, Yuhua Wang, Liqin Zheng, and Shusen Xie "Monitoring changes of optical attenuation coefficients of acupuncture points during laser acupuncture by optical coherence tomography", Proc. SPIE 7845, Optics in Health Care and Biomedical Optics IV, 78452F (8 November 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.870270

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