Thermal Analysis of Cornea Heated with Terahertz Radiation
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Abstract
We numerically investigate the thermal effects in a cornea illuminated by terahertz radiation. By modifying the bioheat and Arrhenius equations, we studied the heat-transfer and temperature distributions in the corneal tissue, and evaluated the potential thermal damage. The influence of the beam radius and power density are discussed. We also estimated the effective cornea-collagen shrinkage region, and evaluated the degree of thermal damage in the cornea. We expect this work to open up a novel effective and safe thermal-treatment approach based on THz radiation for cornea reshaping in the field of ophthalmology.
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OpenAlex topics: Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research · Infrared Thermography in Medicine · Thermography and Photoacoustic Techniques
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Affiliations
Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
Biomedical Engineering Laboratory for Photoelectric Sensing Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
Funding
Shenzhen Research Foundation · National Key Research and 143 Development Program of China · Youth Innovation Promotion Association, CAS
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