Thermal Analysis of Cornea Heated with Terahertz Radiation
Abstract
Featured Application
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Dynamic Temperature Distributions
3.2. Influence of THz Beam Radius and Power Density
3.3. Cornea-Shrinkage-Region Estimation
3.4. Degree of Thermal Damage
4. Concluding Remarks
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Property | Material | Value | Material | Value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Density (kg/m) | Water | 1000 | Cornea | 1060 |
Thermal conductivity k (W/m/K) | Water | 0.578 | Cornea | 0.556 |
Specific heat C (J/kg/K) | Water | 4180 | Cornea | 3830 |
Absorption coefficient (1/m) | Water | 24,067 | Cornea | 14,400 |
Convection coefficient h (W/m/K) | Water-air | 20 | Water-cornea | 500 |
Film thickness t (m) | Tear film | 10 | Cornea | 600 |
THz Laser (This Work) | Near IR Laser [7] | Far IR Laser [23] | |
---|---|---|---|
Method | Theory | Experiment | Theory |
Laser wavelength (m) | 300 | 2.10 | 10.6 |
Depth (m) | 600 | 300–400 | <100 |
Profile | cylinder | wedge | – |
Max. temp. | 68.38 | – | 56.5 |
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Liu, W.; Lu, Y.; She, R.; Wei, G.; Jiao, G.; Lv, J.; Li, G. Thermal Analysis of Cornea Heated with Terahertz Radiation. Appl. Sci. 2019, 9, 917. https://doi.org/10.3390/app9050917
Liu W, Lu Y, She R, Wei G, Jiao G, Lv J, Li G. Thermal Analysis of Cornea Heated with Terahertz Radiation. Applied Sciences. 2019; 9(5):917. https://doi.org/10.3390/app9050917
Chicago/Turabian StyleLiu, Wenquan, Yuanfu Lu, Rongbin She, Guanglu Wei, Guohua Jiao, Jiancheng Lv, and Guangyuan Li. 2019. "Thermal Analysis of Cornea Heated with Terahertz Radiation" Applied Sciences 9, no. 5: 917. https://doi.org/10.3390/app9050917
APA StyleLiu, W., Lu, Y., She, R., Wei, G., Jiao, G., Lv, J., & Li, G. (2019). Thermal Analysis of Cornea Heated with Terahertz Radiation. Applied Sciences, 9(5), 917. https://doi.org/10.3390/app9050917