Optical characterization of thermal properties of biological tissue

A. Gutierrez-Arroyo; C. Sánchez Pérez; N. Alemán-García; C. Piña-Barba

doi:10.1117/12.2025877

18 November 2013 Optical characterization of thermal properties of biological tissue

A. Gutierrez-Arroyo, C. Sánchez Pérez, N. Alemán-García, C. Piña-Barba

Proceedings Volume 8785, 8th Iberoamerican Optics Meeting and 11th Latin American Meeting on Optics, Lasers, and Applications; 8785CX (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2025877
Event: 8th Ibero American Optics Meeting/11th Latin American Meeting on Optics, Lasers, and Applications, 2013, Porto, Portugal

Abstract

In this work we utilize heat conduction measurements trough the photothermal beam deflection technique to characterize thermal properties of biological tissue. We design a heat flux sensor based on the phenomenon of photothermal laser beam deflection within a thermo-optic slab (acrylic), where the deflection is quantified by an optical fiber angle sensor. We analytically model the heat flux sensor response based on heat wave propagation theory that well agree with experimental data. We present heat conduction measurements on different tissues applying a heat pulse. Hence we obtain the thermal effusivity coefficient of bovine tendon and chicken liver and heart. It has been shown that thermal conduction depends on the tissue´s chemical composition as well on their structural arrangements, so any modification in tissue will affect on heat conduction rendering this method potentially useful as an auxiliary in biomedical studies. Nowadays there are several thermal effusivity and diffusivity measurement techniques with classic calorimetry (using thermistors) for research and industrial applications. However there are only few integrated optical devices already proposed, turning this optical technique in an innovative and alternative sensing system for thermal properties characterization.

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A. Gutierrez-Arroyo, C. Sánchez Pérez, N. Alemán-García, and C. Piña-Barba "Optical characterization of thermal properties of biological tissue", Proc. SPIE 8785, 8th Iberoamerican Optics Meeting and 11th Latin American Meeting on Optics, Lasers, and Applications, 8785CX (18 November 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2025877

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