@inproceedings{584547ae9c5648f29c36a94226e3e793,
title = "Non-contact monitoring during laser surgery by measuring the incision depth with air-coupled transducers",
abstract = "Lack of haptic feedback during laser surgery hampers controlling the incision depth, leading to a high risk of undesired tissue damage. Here we present a new feedback sensing method that accomplishes non-contact realtime monitoring of laser ablation procedures by detecting shock waves emanating from the ablation spot with air-coupled transducers. Experiments in soft and hard tissue samples attained high reproducibity in real-time depth estimation of the laser-induced cuts. The advantages derived from the non-contact nature of the suggested monitoring approach are expected to greatly promote the general applicability of laser-based surgeries.",
keywords = "Ablation of tissue, Photoacoustic imaging, Photoacoustics, Process monitoring and control, Remote sensing and sensors",
author = "{Oyaga Landa}, {Francisco Javier} and De{\'a}n-Ben, {Xos{\'e} Lu{\'i}s} and {Montero De Espinosa}, Francisco and Daniel Razansky",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 SPIE.; Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2017 ; Conference date: 29-01-2017 Through 01-02-2017",
year = "2017",
doi = "10.1117/12.2252660",
language = "English",
series = "Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Oraevsky, {Alexander A.} and Wang, {Lihong V.}",
booktitle = "Photons Plus Ultrasound",
}