Raman and fluorescence spectroscopic evaluation of NIR laser welded human and porcine aorta tissues

Alvin Katz; Alexandra Alimova; Glenn Minko; C. H. Liu; Tapan K. Gayen M.D.; Howard E. Savage; Rabindra K. Halder; Steven A. McCormick; Robert R. Alfano

doi:10.1117/12.476390

12 September 2003 Raman and fluorescence spectroscopic evaluation of NIR laser-welded human and porcine aorta tissues

Alvin Katz, Alexandra Alimova, Glenn Minko, C. H. Liu, Tapan K. Gayen M.D., Howard E. Savage, Rabindra K. Halder, Steven A. McCormick, Robert R. Alfano

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Proceedings Volume 4949, Lasers in Surgery: Advanced Characterization, Therapeutics, and Systems XIII; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.476390
Event: Biomedical Optics, 2003, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Laser tissue welding involves the partial denaturing and renaturing of the collagen triple helical structure. Although the mechanisms of laser tissue welding are not well understood, water in tissues plays an important role in the process. High quality welding of human and porcine aorta tissue have been achieved using NIR lasers tuned to the water absorption band around 1450 nm. Fluorescence and Raman spectra from welded and non-welded regions are compared for ex vivo human and porcine aorta tissues. The fluorescence from the outer surface of welded aorta was substantially weaker than the fluorescence from the non-welded region. The Raman spectra from the welded and non-welded tissue regions appeared similar in the energies of the observed vibrational levels but the intensity of the fluorescence wing was considerably greater from the outer surface of the welded region as compared to the non-welded region. For the outer surface of the aorta, the emission intensity from the welded region was larger than for the non-welded region.

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Alvin Katz, Alexandra Alimova, Glenn Minko, C. H. Liu, Tapan K. Gayen M.D., Howard E. Savage, Rabindra K. Halder, Steven A. McCormick, and Robert R. Alfano "Raman and fluorescence spectroscopic evaluation of NIR laser-welded human and porcine aorta tissues", Proc. SPIE 4949, Lasers in Surgery: Advanced Characterization, Therapeutics, and Systems XIII, (12 September 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.476390

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