Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4991511 | Applied Thermal Engineering | 2017 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
Pulsed dye laser (PDL) in visible band (e.g. 585 or 595Â nm) together with cryogen spray cooling has become the golden standard for treatment of vascular malformation such as port wine stain (PWS). However, due to the limited energy penetration depth of the PDL, deeply buried blood vessels are likely to survive from the laser irradiation. Nd:YAG laser in near infrared (1064Â nm) has great potential in the laser treatment of PWS due to its deeper penetration depth. In this study, the influence of laser wavelength in treating PWS lesions with various melanin concentrations in epidermis was theoretically investigated by a two-temperature model following the local thermal non-equilibrium theory of porous media. The results showed that deeply buried blood vessels can be coagulated by dual-wavelength laser combing 585 or 595Â nm with 1064Â nm laser. Furthermore, the therapeutic results by dual-wavelength laser were highly related to the melanin concentration in epidermis. In the light and moderate pigmented skin, the 595/1064Â nm dual-wavelength laser showed better treatment effect in treating PWS with deeply-buried blood vessels than of 585/1064Â nm dual-wavelength laser. For a high pigmented skin, the 585/1064Â nm dual-wavelength laser showed better treatment effect than 595/1064Â nm dual-wavelength laser.
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Authors
D. Li, B. Chen, W.J. Wu, Z.X. Ying,