Acoustic differentiation of dental soft and hard tissues using remote speckle-analysis during Er:YAG ablation

Benjamin Lengenfelder, Karen Schwarzkopf, Nicolai Oetter, Fanuel Mehari, Eric Eschner, Florian Klämpfl, Florian Stelzle, Marco Kesting, Zeev Zalevsky, Michael Schmidt

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Abstract

The Er:YAG laser has gained significant interest in the field of oral surgery due to its high water absorptivity, precision and patient acceptance. However, its application is limited by the lack of a contact-free feedback system which would enable safe laser guidance. In this work, a potential new, robust feedback modality based on speckle-analysis is presented which detects the acoustic signals produced during laser surgery. Oral soft- and hard tissue samples are investigated ex-vivo for its differentiation capability using the speckle modality. This technique might help to broaden the clinical application of Er:YAG lasers.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationOpto-Acoustic Methods and Applications in Biophotonics IV
EditorsVasilis Ntziachristos, Roger Zemp
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510628472
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019
EventOpto-Acoustic Methods and Applications in Biophotonics IV 2019 - Munich, Germany
Duration: 24 Jun 201925 Jun 2019

Publication series

NameProgress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE
Volume11077
ISSN (Print)1605-7422

Conference

ConferenceOpto-Acoustic Methods and Applications in Biophotonics IV 2019
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityMunich
Period24/06/1925/06/19

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 SPIE-OSA.

Funding

The authors gratefully acknowledge funding of the Erlangen Graduate School in Advanced Optical Technologies (SAOT) by the German Research Foundation (DFG) in the framework of the German excellence initiative.

FundersFunder number
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development
Erlangen Graduate School of Advanced Optical Technologies

    Keywords

    • Er:YAG laser
    • Laser surgery
    • Tissue differentiation

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