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. 2019 Fall;10(4):264-267.
doi: 10.15171/jlms.2019.43. Epub 2019 Oct 1.

Blind Localization of Heating in Neural Tissues Induced by a Train of the Infrared Pulse Laser

Mohammad Ali Ansari  1 , Mahdi Zakeri  1
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Blind Localization of Heating in Neural Tissues Induced by a Train of the Infrared Pulse Laser

Mohammad Ali Ansari et al. J Lasers Med Sci. 2019 Fall.

Abstract

Introduction: Recently, infrared lasers (wavelengths larger than 1100 nm) have been applied to stimulate neural tissues. Infrared neural stimulation (INS) has some advantages over conventional electric stimulation, including contact-free delivery, spatial precision, and lack of stimulation artifacts. In this study and based on a photothermal mechanism, we applied the heat diffusion equation to study temperature variation of a biological phantom during INS. In addition, the impact of laser parameters on spatially localized heating induced by 2 different infrared wavelengths were studied. Methods: We studied the localization of INS inside a phantom similar to cortical neural tissue. First, we analytically solved the heat diffusion equation to study the distribution of temperature inside this phantom. Then, the accuracy of analytical results was verified by heating the phantom using amplitude-modulated infrared lasers (lambda= 1450 and 1500 nm, the energy between 2 and 5 mJ and pulse duration up to 20 ms). The laser light was directed to sample by a multimode optical fiber (NA=0.22, core size= 200 microns). Finally, the impacts of laser properties on the spatial resolution of infrared heating were discerned. Results: In order to verify analytical results, we measured the maximum temperatures of the phantom during illumination of lasers and compared them with analytical results. The analytical results were in agreement with the experimental results. The effects of laser beam properties such as pulse duration, energy and repetition rate frequency on the spatial resolution were investigated. The results indicated that the spatial resolution of INS can be smaller than one millimeter. Conclusion: Here, the influences of laser properties on the localization of INS inside a biological phantom were studied. These results can be applied to improve the spatial selectivity of the peripheral nerve interface.

Keywords: Blind localized activation; Infrared neural stimulation; Photothermal mechanism.

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