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Biophotonics
Study of the epidermis ablation effect on the efficiency of optical clearing of skin in vivo
È. A. Geninaab, N. S. Ksenofontovab, A. N. Bashkatovab, G. S. Terentyukc, V. V. Tuchindab a Tomsk State University
b Saratov State University
c LLC "The First Veterinary Clinic", Saratov
d Institute of Precision Mechanics and Control, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saratov
Abstract:
We present the results of a comparative analysis of optical immersion clearing of skin in laboratory animals in vivo with and without preliminary ablation of epidermis. Laser ablation is implemented using a setup based on a pulsed erbium laser (λ = 2940 nm). The size of the damaged region amounted to 6 × 6 mm, the depth being smaller than 50 μm. As an optical clearing agent (OCA), use is made of polyethylene glycol (PEG-300). Based on optical coherence tomography, we use the single scattering model to estimate the scattering coefficient in the process of optical clearing in 2 regions at depths of 50–170 μm and 150–400 μm. The results show that skin surface ablation leads to the local oedema of the affected region that increases the scattering coefficient. However, the intense evaporation of water from the ablation zone facilitates the optical clearing at the expense of tissue dehydration, particularly in the upper layers. The assessment of the optical clearing efficiency shows that the efficiency exceeding 30% can be achieved at a depth from 50 to 170 μm in 120 min after ablation, as well as after the same ablation with subsequent application of PEG-300, which increases the efficiency of the immersion method by almost 1.8 times. At a depth from 150 to 400 μm, dehydration of upper layers cannot completely compensate for an increase in light scattering by dermis after epidermis ablation. The additional effect of OCA enhances the optical clearing of skin at the expense of improving the refractive index matching between dermis components, but the maximal efficiency of optical clearing in 120 min does not exceed 6%.
Keywords:
laser ablation, optical clearing of skin, optical coherence tomography.
Received: 24.03.2017
Citation:
È. A. Genina, N. S. Ksenofontova, A. N. Bashkatov, G. S. Terentyuk, V. V. Tuchin, “Study of the epidermis ablation effect on the efficiency of optical clearing of skin in vivo”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 47:6 (2017), 561–566 [Quantum Electron., 47:6 (2017), 561–566]
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