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Shen JC, Liang YY, Li W. Quantitative simulation of photothermal effect in laser therapy of hypertrophic scar. Skin Res Technol 2023; 29:e13305. [PMID: 36973985 PMCID: PMC10155850 DOI: 10.1111/srt.13305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2022] [Accepted: 02/25/2023] [Indexed: 03/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND Laser technology has been widely used in the treatment of hypertrophic scar (HPS). Due to the lack of effective quantitative relationship between laser doses and thermal effect of lesion tissue, the selection of laser doses in clinical laser treatment of HPS is blind, which cannot guarantee the best treatment effect. MATERIALS AND METHODS The photothermal model of HPS was established by using finite element method. The effects of laser dose parameters such as laser energy density, pulse width, and spot diameter on the thermal effects of laser treatment were analyzed. According to tissue temperature threshold and thermal damage degree of the simulation results, the optimal laser doses of HPS were selected for the laser treatment experiments of rabbit ear HPSs to verify the rationality of the quantitative photothermal model. RESULTS The temperature rise and thermal damage degree of HPS following laser treatment were directly correlated to the laser doses, which grew with the increase of energy density and laser pulse width. For the different spot diameters, the temperature rise decreased with the increase of spot diameter, whereas the thermal damage degree worsened with the increase of spot diameter. Both simulation and experimental results show that the optimal treatment parameters of HPS were as follows: The laser energy density was 7.5 J/cm3 , the pulse width was 4 ms, and the spot diameter was 7 mm. CONCLUSION The laser dose parameters optimized by the photothermal model have achieved good therapeutic effects in the rabbit ear HPS, indicating that the model can be used for quantitative evaluation of laser doses before clinical treatment.
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- Jin Cui Shen
- Department of DermatologyChengdu Second People's HospitalChengduSichuanChina
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- Tribology Research InstituteKey Laboratory for Advanced Technology of Materials of Ministry of EducationSouthwest Jiaotong UniversityChengduChina
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- Tribology Research InstituteKey Laboratory for Advanced Technology of Materials of Ministry of EducationSouthwest Jiaotong UniversityChengduChina
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Xiao C, Sang X, Li D, Chen B, Deng C, Wang J. Aiming to personalized laser therapy for nevus of Ota: melanin distribution dependent parameter optimization. Lasers Med Sci 2022; 38:10. [PMID: 36539630 DOI: 10.1007/s10103-022-03673-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2022] [Accepted: 10/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Aiming to the personalized laser therapy of nevus of Ota (NO), a local thermal non-equilibrium model was employed to optimize laser wavelength, pulse duration, and energy density under different melanin depth and volume fraction. According to our simulation, the optimal pulse duration is between 15 and 150 ns to limit heat transfer inside the hyperplastic melanin, and 50 ns is recommended to decrease the energy absorption by normal melanin in epidermis. Correlations of the minimum and the maximum energy densities are proposed with respect to melanin depth and volume fraction for the 755-nm and 1064-nm lasers. For the same NO type, the therapy window of the 755-nm laser is larger than that of 1064-nm. For NO with shallow depth or low volume fraction, the 755-nm laser is recommended to make the treatment more stable owing to its lager therapy window. For deeper depth or higher volume fraction, the 1064-nm laser is recommended to avoid thermal damage of epidermis. Through comparison with clinical data, the optimized laser parameters are proved practicable since high cure rate can be achieved when energy density falls into the range of predicted therapy window. With developing of non-invasive measurement technology of melanin content and distribution, personalized treatment of NO maybe possible in the near future.
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- Chunyang Xiao
- State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, Shaanxi, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, Shaanxi, China
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Laser coagulation and hemostasis of large diameter blood vessels: effect of shear stress and flow velocity. Sci Rep 2022; 12:8375. [PMID: 35589781 PMCID: PMC9120470 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-12128-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2021] [Accepted: 04/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Photocoagulation of blood vessels offers unambiguous advantages to current radiofrequency approaches considering the high specificity of blood absorption at available laser wavelengths (e.g., 532 nm and 1.064 µm). Successful treatment of pediatric vascular lesions, such as port-wine stains requiring microvascular hemostasis, has been documented. Although laser treatments have been successful in smaller diameter blood vessels, photocoagulation of larger sized vessels is less effective. The hypothesis for this study is that a primary limitation in laser coagulation of large diameter blood vessels (500-1000 µm) originates from shear stress gradients associated with higher flow velocities along with temperature-dependent viscosity changes. Laser (1.07 µm) coagulation of blood vessels was tested in the chicken chorio-allantoic membrane (CAM). A finite element model is developed that includes hypothetical limitations in laser coagulation during irradiation. A protocol to specify laser dosimetry is derived from OCT imaging and angiography observations as well as finite element model results. Laser dosimetry is applied in the CAM model to test the experimental hypothesis that blood shear stress and flow velocity are important parameters for laser coagulation and hemostasis of large diameter blood vessels (500-1000 µm). Our experimental results suggest that shear stress and flow velocity are fundamental in the coagulation of large diameter blood vessels (500-1000 µm). Laser dosimetry is proposed and demonstrated for successful coagulation and hemostasis of large diameter CAM blood vessels.
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Liu Y, Chen D, Xu J, Tan Y, Wang Y, Zhao H, Li H, Liu H, Gu Y, Qiu H. Quantitative assessment of vascular features in port wine stains through optical coherence tomography angiography. Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther 2021; 36:102607. [PMID: 34706276 DOI: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2021.102607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2021] [Revised: 10/16/2021] [Accepted: 10/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Vascular lesions such as port wine stains (PWS) lead to facial and psychological problems, which require careful and precise treatments. The key point of treating PWS is to selectively destroy the abnormal blood vessels. Hence, the in vivo monitoring of targeted vessels is crucial. Optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA), an emerging label-free imaging tool, facilitates the evaluation of skin structure and vasculature at a high resolution. In this study, we utilised OCTA to capture the structural and vascular morphology in patients with PWS. Moreover, we quantitatively characterised the morphological features of different types of PWS. METHODS This observational clinical study was conducted on 3 patients with flat PWS and 3 patients with thickened PWS. The age range was 4-27 years, and all of them had not received any treatment before this study. The OCTA images of the PWS lesions and contralateral skin were compared. Vascular morphology was characterized, and ectatic vessel depth was quantified according to the OCTA images. RESULTS The blood vessels of the PWS lesions tend to had larger diameters and higher densities than those in the contralateral normal skin. The vessel diameters of PWS lesions were 73 ± 14 μm, with high heterogeneity ranging from 10 to >150 μm, however, the vessel diameters of normal skin were 28 ± 2 μm, ranging from 10 μm to 60 μm. In terms of different PWS lesions, the thickened type showed a trend of larger vessel diameter and higher density than those of the purplish red type. The ectatic vessels were located at the depth of 216 ± 13 μm in the PWS skin. CONCLUSIONS OCTA can facilitate the in vivo three-dimensional visualization of structure and vasculature for PWS lesions. Various quantitative analysis parameters, such as vessel diameter, density, and depth, are typically measured using OCTA. This fact demonstrates the superior capability of OCTA for the precise and comprehensive assessment of PWS lesions.
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- Yidi Liu
- Medical School of Chinese PLA, Beijing 100853, China; Department of Laser Medicine, the First Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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- Institute of Engineering Medicine, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan 528000, China
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- Department of Laser Medicine, the First Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Laser Medicine, the First Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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- Institute of Engineering Medicine, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Medical School of Chinese PLA, Beijing 100853, China; Department of Laser Medicine, the First Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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- Medical School of Chinese PLA, Beijing 100853, China; Department of Laser Medicine, the First Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Laser Medicine, the First Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China; Institute of Engineering Medicine, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China; Precision laser medical diagnosis and treatment Innovation unit, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100000, China.
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- Department of Laser Medicine, the First Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China.
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Thermal coagulum formation and hemostasis during repeated multipulse Nd:YAG laser treatment of cutaneous vascular lesions: animal experiment study. Lasers Med Sci 2020; 35:1589-1597. [PMID: 32277406 DOI: 10.1007/s10103-020-03007-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2019] [Accepted: 03/25/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Laser therapy has been widely used to treat port-wine stain (PWS) and other cutaneous vascular lesions via selective photothermolysis. High incident laser fluence is always prohibited in clinic to prevent the thermal damage in normal skin tissue, leading to insufficient energy deposition on the target blood vessel and incomplete clearance of PWS lesion. In this study, repeated multipulse laser (RMPL) irradiation was proposed to induce acute thermal damage to target blood vessels with low incident fluence (40 J/cm2 for 1064-nm Nd:YAG laser). The feasibility of the method was investigated using animal models. Repeated multipulse irradiation cycles with 10-min intervals were performed in RMPL. A hamster dorsal skin chamber model with a visualization system was constructed to investigate the instant generation of thermal coagulum and relevant hemostasis by thrombus formation during and after irradiation under 1064 nm Nd:YAG single multipulse laser (SMPL) and RMPL irradiation. The diameter of the target blood vessel and the size of thermal coagula were measured before and after laser irradiation. The reflectance spectra of the dorsal skin were measured by a reflectance spectrometer during RMPL. Stasis thermal coagula that clogged the vessel lumen were generated during SMPL irradiation with low incident fluence. However, there was no acute thermal damage of blood vessels. Reflectance spectra measurement showed that the generation of thermal coagula and subsequent thrombus formation increases blood absorption by more than 10% within the first 10 min after laser irradiation. Acute vessel thermal damage could be induced in the target blood vessel by RMPL with low incident fluence of 40 J/cm2. Compared with our previous SMPL study, nearly 30% reduction in incident laser fluence was achieved by RMPL. Low fluence RMPL may be a promising approach to improve the therapeutic outcome for patients with cutaneous vascular lesions by improving energy deposition on the target blood vessel.
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Experimental investigations on thermal effects of a long-pulse alexandrite laser on blood vessels and its comparison with pulsed dye and Nd:YAG lasers. Lasers Med Sci 2020; 35:1555-1566. [PMID: 32060655 DOI: 10.1007/s10103-020-02981-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2019] [Accepted: 02/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Laser has been widely used in the treatment of vascular skin diseases, such as port wine stain, due to the effect of selective photothermolysis in laser on biological tissue. The 755 nm alexandrite laser was expected to achieve better curative effect than the commonly used 585 or 595 nm pulsed dye laser (PDL) because of its deeper tissue penetration. In this study, the dorsal chamber model and microscopic visualization system were used to observe morphology changes on 42 blood vessels before and after irradiation with the 755 nm laser. Results showed that thermal effects of blood vessels intensified with the increase in energy, and high energy was required to produce the same thermal effect as the extension of pulse width. Different from 595 and 1064 nm lasers, partial vessel contraction was dominant thermal effect caused by the 755 nm laser. The bleeding injury rate and thermal effect of the 755 nm laser were between those of 595 nm PDL and 1064 nm Nd:YAG laser. The simulation results proved that 595 nm PDLs were effective for small and shallow target blood vessels. The 755 nm alexandrite lasers were effective in the treatment of hypertrophic and resistant blood vessels to PDL in the skin with low or moderate melanin concentration. The 1064 nm Nd:YAG laser was effective in the treatment of deeply buried and enlarged target blood vessels in the skin with high melanin concentration. The simulation results were supported by published clinical observations.
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Ying ZX, Zhao YB, Li D, Shang YL, Chen B, Jia WC. The influence of morphological distribution of melanin on parameter selection in laser thermotherapy for vascular skin diseases. Lasers Med Sci 2019; 35:901-917. [PMID: 31701386 DOI: 10.1007/s10103-019-02882-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2019] [Accepted: 09/12/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Port wine stains (PWSs) are congenital vascular malformations that progressively darken and thicken with age. Currently, laser therapy is the most effective way in clinical management of PWS. It is known that skin pigmentation (melanin content) affects the radiant exposure that can be safely applied to treat PWS. However, the effect of melanin distribution in the epidermis on the maximum safe radiant exposure has not been studied previously. In this study, 10 different morphological distributions of melanin were proposed according to the formation and migration characteristics of melanin, and the two-scale heat transfer model was employed to investigate the influence of melanin distribution on the threshold radiant exposure of epidermis and blood vessels. The results show that melanin distributions do have a strong effect on laser parameter selection. When uniform melanin distribution is assumed, the threshold radiant exposure to damage a typical PWS blood vessel (50 μm diameter) is 8.62 J/cm2 lower than that to injure epidermis. The optimal pulse duration is 1-5 ms for a typical PWS blood vessel of 50 μm when melanin distribution is taken into consideration. PWS blood vessels covered by non-uniformly distributed melanin are more likely to have poor response to laser treatment.
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- Z X Ying
- Department of Dermatology, the Second Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710069, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710069, Shaanxi, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710069, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710069, Shaanxi, China.
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- Beckman Laser Institution and Medical Clinic, University of California, Irvine, 92697, CA, USA
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Experimental investigation on the vascular thermal response to near-infrared laser pulses. Lasers Med Sci 2017; 32:2023-2038. [DOI: 10.1007/s10103-017-2311-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2017] [Accepted: 08/14/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Zhang W, Li F, Yang Y, Xue L, Cao M, Wang L. Hemangioma treatment with pulsed dye laser-distinct parameters used between neonatal and non-neonatal patients. J COSMET LASER THER 2016; 18:389-392. [PMID: 27331875 DOI: 10.1080/14764172.2016.1197402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Pulsed dye laser (PDL) treatment remains the standard of care for infantile hemangiomas (IHs). However, the use of PDL to treat IHs in neonates has been hardly reported. In this study, the PDL treatments of IHs between neonatal and non-neonatal patients were retrospectively investigated. METHODS All patients diagnosed with hemangiomas were treated by PDL. Their clinical data were collected, and the treatment outcomes and PDL parameters in neonates and non-neonates were analyzed using the Mann-Whitney U-rank test. RESULTS All patients reached good or excellent scale in the treatment efficiency assessment. Laser energy used per treatment session was significantly lower in neonatal group than in non-neonatal group (Z = -8.980, P < 0.001). Total laser energy used in neonates was also markedly lower than that in non-neonatal patients (Z = -3.065, P = 0.002). However, treatment session numbers in these two groups were not significantly different (Z = -1.725, P = 0.085). Additionally, we observed that after each treatment, the purpura disappeared faster in neonates (2-4 weeks) than in non-neonatal patients (4-6 weeks), indicating neonates might have greater recovery ability. CONCLUSIONS PDL, with distinct parameters, was effective in the treatment of IHs in neonates. After each laser treatment, neonates recovered faster than non-neonatal patients.
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- Wenxian Zhang
- a Department of Plastic Surgery , Children's Hospital of Hebei Province , Shijiazhuang , China
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- a Department of Plastic Surgery , Children's Hospital of Hebei Province , Shijiazhuang , China
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- a Department of Plastic Surgery , Children's Hospital of Hebei Province , Shijiazhuang , China
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- a Department of Plastic Surgery , Children's Hospital of Hebei Province , Shijiazhuang , China
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- a Department of Plastic Surgery , Children's Hospital of Hebei Province , Shijiazhuang , China
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- b Institute of Pediatric Research, Children's Hospital of Hebei Province , Shijiazhuang , China
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Wróbel MS, Jędrzejewska-Szczerska M, Galla S, Piechowski L, Sawczak M, Popov AP, Bykov AV, Tuchin VV, Cenian A. Use of optical skin phantoms for preclinical evaluation of laser efficiency for skin lesion therapy. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2015; 20:85003. [PMID: 26263414 PMCID: PMC4650431 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.20.8.085003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2015] [Accepted: 07/01/2015] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Skin lesions are commonly treated using laser heating. However, the introduction of new devices into clinical practice requires evaluation of their performance. This study presents the application of optical phantoms for assessment of a newly developed 975-nm pulsed diode laser system for dermatological purposes. Such phantoms closely mimic the absorption and scattering of real human skin (although not precisely in relation to thermal conductivity and capacitance); thus, they can be used as substitutes for human skin for approximate evaluation of laser heating efficiency in an almost real environment. Thermographic imaging was applied to measure the spatial and temporal temperature distributions on the surface of laser-irradiated phantoms. The study yielded results of heating with regard to phantom thickness and absorption, as well as laser settings. The methodology developed can be used in practice for preclinical evaluations of laser treatment for dermatology.
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- Maciej S. Wróbel
- Gdańsk University of Technology, Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, Department of Metrology and Optoelectronics, Narutowicza 11/12, Gdańsk 80-233, Poland
- Address all correspondence to: Maciej S. Wróbel, E-mail:
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- Gdańsk University of Technology, Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, Department of Metrology and Optoelectronics, Narutowicza 11/12, Gdańsk 80-233, Poland
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- Gdańsk University of Technology, Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, Department of Metrology and Optoelectronics, Narutowicza 11/12, Gdańsk 80-233, Poland
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- Polish Academy of Sciences, The Szewalski Institute of Fluid-flow Machinery, Physical Aspects of Ecoenergy Department, Fiszera 14, Gdańsk 80-952, Poland
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- Polish Academy of Sciences, The Szewalski Institute of Fluid-flow Machinery, Physical Aspects of Ecoenergy Department, Fiszera 14, Gdańsk 80-952, Poland
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- University of Oulu, Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, Optoelectronics and Measurement Techniques Laboratory, P.O. Box 4500, FI-90014 Oulu, Finland
- Tomsk State University, 36 Lenina Avenue, Tomsk 634050, Russia
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- University of Oulu, Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, Optoelectronics and Measurement Techniques Laboratory, P.O. Box 4500, FI-90014 Oulu, Finland
- Tomsk State University, 36 Lenina Avenue, Tomsk 634050, Russia
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- University of Oulu, Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, Optoelectronics and Measurement Techniques Laboratory, P.O. Box 4500, FI-90014 Oulu, Finland
- Tomsk State University, 36 Lenina Avenue, Tomsk 634050, Russia
- Saratov State University, Research-Educational Institute of Optics and Biophotonics, 83 Astrakhanskaya, Saratov 410012, Russia
- Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Precise Mechanics and Control, 24 Rabochaya, Saratov 410028, Russia
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- Polish Academy of Sciences, The Szewalski Institute of Fluid-flow Machinery, Physical Aspects of Ecoenergy Department, Fiszera 14, Gdańsk 80-952, Poland
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Oakley E, Wrazen B, Bellnier DA, Syed Y, Arshad H, Shafirstein G. A new finite element approach for near real-time simulation of light propagation in locally advanced head and neck tumors. Lasers Surg Med 2015; 47:60-7. [PMID: 25559426 PMCID: PMC4304874 DOI: 10.1002/lsm.22313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/23/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Background and Objectives Several clinical studies suggest that interstitial photodynamic therapy (I‐PDT) may benefit patients with locally advanced head and neck cancer (LAHNC). For I‐PDT, the therapeutic light is delivered through optical fibers inserted into the target tumor. The complex anatomy of the head and neck requires careful planning of fiber insertions. Often the fibers' location and tumor optical properties may vary from the original plan therefore pretreatment planning needs near real‐time updating to account for any changes. The purpose of this work was to develop a finite element analysis (FEA) approach for near real‐time simulation of light propagation in LAHNC. Methods Our previously developed FEA for modeling light propagation in skin tissue was modified to simulate light propagation from interstitial optical fibers. The modified model was validated by comparing the calculations with measurements in a phantom mimicking tumor optical properties. We investigated the impact of mesh element size and growth rate on the computation time, and defined optimal settings for the FEA. We demonstrated how the optimized FEA can be used for simulating light propagation in two cases of LAHNC amenable to I‐PDT, as proof‐of‐concept. Results The modified FEA was in agreement with the measurements (P = 0.0271). The optimal maximum mesh size and growth rate were 0.005–0.02 m and 2–2.5 m/m, respectively. Using these settings the computation time for simulating light propagation in LAHNC was reduced from 25.9 to 3.7 minutes in one case, and 10.1 to 4 minutes in another case. There were minor differences (1.62%, 1.13%) between the radiant exposures calculated with either mesh in both cases. Conclusions Our FEA approach can be used to model light propagation from diffused optical fibers in complex heterogeneous geometries representing LAHNC. There is a range of maximum element size (MES) and maximum element growth rate (MEGR) that can be used to minimize the computation time of the FEA to 4 minutes. Lasers Surg. Med. 47:60–67, 2015. © 2015 The Authors. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Emily Oakley
- Photodynamic Therapy Center, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York
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Li D, Chen B, Wu WJ, Wang GX, He YL, Ying ZX. Experimental study on the vascular thermal response to visible laser pulses. Lasers Med Sci 2014; 30:135-45. [DOI: 10.1007/s10103-014-1631-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2014] [Accepted: 07/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Li D, Wang GX, He YL, Kelly KM, Wu WJ, Wang YX, Ying ZX. A two-temperature model for selective photothermolysis laser treatment of port wine stains. APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING 2013; 59:41-51. [PMID: 25110458 PMCID: PMC4123555 DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2013.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Selective photothermolysis is the basic principle for laser treatment of vascular malformations such as port wine stain birthmarks (PWS). During cutaneous laser surgery, blood inside blood vessels is heated due to selective absorption of laser energy, while the surrounding normal tissue is spared. As a result, the blood and the surrounding tissue experience a local thermodynamic non-equilibrium condition. Traditionally, the PWS laser treatment process was simulated by a discrete-blood-vessel model that simplifies blood vessels into parallel cylinders buried in a multi-layer skin model. In this paper, PWS skin is treated as a porous medium made of tissue matrix and blood in the dermis. A two-temperature model is constructed following the local thermal non-equilibrium theory of porous media. Both transient and steady heat conduction problems are solved in a unit cell for the interfacial heat transfer between blood vessels and the surrounding tissue to close the present two-temperature model. The present two-temperature model is validated by good agreement with those from the discrete-blood-vessel model. The characteristics of the present two-temperature model are further illustrated through a comparison with the previously-used homogenous model, in which a local thermodynamic equilibrium assumption between the blood and the surrounding tissue is employed.
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- D Li
- State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710049, China
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, 44325-3903, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710049, China
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- Beckman Laser Institute, University of California, Irvine, California, 92612, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710049, China
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- Laser Treatment Center, Department of Dermatology, Medical School, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710049, China
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- Laser Treatment Center, Department of Dermatology, Medical School, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710049, China
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Prakash P, Salgaonkar VA, Diederich CJ. Modelling of endoluminal and interstitial ultrasound hyperthermia and thermal ablation: applications for device design, feedback control and treatment planning. Int J Hyperthermia 2013; 29:296-307. [PMID: 23738697 PMCID: PMC4087028 DOI: 10.3109/02656736.2013.800998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Endoluminal and catheter-based ultrasound applicators are currently under development and are in clinical use for minimally invasive hyperthermia and thermal ablation of various tissue targets. Computational models play a critical role in device design and optimisation, assessment of therapeutic feasibility and safety, devising treatment monitoring and feedback control strategies, and performing patient-specific treatment planning with this technology. The critical aspects of theoretical modelling, applied specifically to endoluminal and interstitial ultrasound thermotherapy, are reviewed. Principles and practical techniques for modeling acoustic energy deposition, bioheat transfer, thermal tissue damage, and dynamic changes in the physical and physiological state of tissue are reviewed. The integration of these models and applications of simulation techniques in identification of device design parameters, development of real time feedback-control platforms, assessing the quality and safety of treatment delivery strategies, and optimisation of inverse treatment plans are presented.
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- Punit Prakash
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA.
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Bruscino N, Bonan P, Cannarozzo G, Moretti S, Lotti T, Campolmi P. Laser use in infantile hemangiomas, when and how. Dermatol Ther 2013; 25:314-21. [PMID: 22950558 DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8019.2012.01466.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Infantile hemangiomas (IHs) are proliferating embrional tumors which can stem from placented tissue and are constituted by endothelial cell hyperproliferation. The management of the IHs is always challenging for all the specialists because of the heterogeneous behavior of these lesions. The factors leading to an aggressive position are essentially these: the prevention or reduction of aesthetic risks, the prevention or treatment of ulcerated hemangiomas, the prevention or impairment of functional risks and pain, and the removal of life-threatening risks. The treatment of vascular lesions is one of the mostly sought and performed cutaneous laser procedures, and in the field of IH treatments the more used laser devices certainly are pulsed dye lasers. Early laser therapy is able to reduce the possibility that the lesion will reach its full size, preventing several complications, connected to the hemangioma's growth, and providing psychological relief for pediatric patients and their parents.
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- N Bruscino
- Department of Dermatology II, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
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Ash C, Donne K, Daniel G, Town G, Clement M, Valentine R. Mathematical modeling of the optimum pulse structure for safe and effective photo epilation using broadband pulsed light. J Appl Clin Med Phys 2012; 13:3702. [PMID: 22955640 PMCID: PMC5718238 DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v13i5.3702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2011] [Accepted: 05/17/2012] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The objective of this work is the investigation of intense pulsed light (IPL) photoepilation using Monte Carlo simulation to model the effect of the output dosimetry with millisecond exposure used by typical commercial IPL systems. The temporal pulse shape is an important parameter, which may affect the biological tissue response in terms of efficacy and adverse reactions. This study investigates the effect that IPL pulse structures, namely free discharge, square pulse, close, and spaced pulse stacking, has on hair removal. The relationship between radiant exposure distribution during the IPL pulse and chromophore heating is explored and modeled for hair follicles and the epidermis using a custom Monte Carlo computer simulation. Consistent square pulse and close pulse stacking delivery of radiant exposure across the IPL pulse is shown to generate the most efficient specific heating of the target chromophore, whilst sparing the epidermis, compared to free discharge and pulse stacking pulse delivery. Free discharge systems produced the highest epidermal temperature in the model. This study presents modeled thermal data of a hair follicle in situ, indicating that square pulse IPL technology may be the most efficient and the safest method for photoepilation. The investigation also suggests that the square pulse system design is the most efficient, as energy is not wasted during pulse exposure or lost through interpulse delay times of stacked pulses.
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- Caerwyn Ash
- School of Medicine, Swansea University, Swansea, UK.
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Klein A, Szeimies RM, Bäumler W, Zeman F, Schreml S, Hohenleutner U, Landthaler M, Koller M, Babilas P. Indocyanine green-augmented diode laser treatment of port-wine stains: clinical and histological evidence for a new treatment option from a randomized controlled trial. Br J Dermatol 2012; 167:333-42. [PMID: 22435991 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2012.10950.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Complete clearance of port-wine stains (PWS) is difficult to achieve, mainly because of the resistance of small blood vessels to laser irradiation. Indocyanine green (ICG)-augmented diode laser treatment (ICG+DL) may overcome this problem. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the feasibility of ICG+DL therapy of PWS and to compare the safety and efficacy of ICG+DL with the standard treatment, flashlamp-pumped pulsed dye laser (FPDL). METHODS In a prospective randomized controlled clinical study, 31 patients with PWS were treated with FPDL (λ(em)=585 nm, 6 J cm(-2) , 0.45 ms pulse duration) and ICG+DL (λ(em)=810 nm, 20-50 J cm(-2) , 10-25 ms pulse duration, ICG-concentration: 2 mg kg(-1) body weight) in a split-face modus in one single treatment setting that included histological examination (haematoxylin and eosin, CD34). Two blinded investigators and the patients assessed clearance rate, cosmetic appearance and side-effects up to 3 months after treatment. RESULTS ICG+DL therapy induced photocoagulation of medium and large blood vessels (>20 μm diameter) but not of small blood vessels. According to the investigators' assessment, clearance rates and cosmetic appearance were better after ICG+DL therapy than after FPDL treatment (P=0.114, P=0.291, respectively), although not up to a statistically significant level, whereas patients considered these parameters superior (P=0.003, P=0.006, respectively). On a 10-point scale indicating pain during treatment, patients rated ICG+DL to be more painful (5.81 ± 2.12) than FPDL treatment (1.61 ± 1.84). CONCLUSION ICG+DL represents a new and promising treatment modality for PWS, but laser parameters and ICG concentration need to be further optimized.
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- A Klein
- Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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Hartzell LD, Buckmiller LM. Current Management of Infantile Hemangiomas and Their Common Associated Conditions. Otolaryngol Clin North Am 2012; 45:545-56, vii. [DOI: 10.1016/j.otc.2012.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Shafirstein G, Moreno M, Klein A, Siegel E, Babilas P, Landthaler M, Baeumler W. Treatment of leg veins with indocyanine green and lasers investigated with mathematical modelling. Int J Hyperthermia 2011; 27:771-81. [DOI: 10.3109/02656736.2011.602037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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A photothermal model of selective photothermolysis with dynamically changing vaporization temperature. Lasers Med Sci 2011; 26:633-40. [DOI: 10.1007/s10103-011-0949-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2010] [Accepted: 06/13/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Shafirstein G, Novák P, Moros EG, Siegel E, Hennings L, Kaufmann Y, Ferguson S, Myhill J, Swaney M, Spring P. Conductive interstitial thermal therapy device for surgical margin ablation:In vivoverification of a theoretical model. Int J Hyperthermia 2009; 23:477-92. [PMID: 17852514 DOI: 10.1080/02656730701591476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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PURPOSE To demonstrate the efficacy and predictability of a new conductive interstitial thermal therapy (CITT) device to ablate surgical margins. METHOD The temperature distributions during thermal ablation of CITT were calculated with finite element modelling in a geometrical representation of perfused tissue. The depth of ablation was derived using the Arrhenius and the Sapareto and Dewey (S&D) models for the temperature range of 90 to 150 degrees C. The female pig animal model was used to test the validity of the mathematical model. Breast tissues were ablated to temperatures in the range of 79-170 degrees C, in vivo. Triphenyltetrazolium chloride viability stain was used to delineate viable tissue from ablated regions and the ablation depths were measured using digital imaging. RESULTS The calculations suggest that the CITT can be used to ablate perfused tissues to a 10-15 mm width within 20 minutes. The measured and calculated depths of ablation were statistically equivalent (99% confidence intervals) within +/- 1mm at 170 degrees C. At lower temperatures the equivalence between the model and the observations was within +/- 2 mm. CONCLUSION The CITT device can reliably and uniformly ablate a 10-15 mm wide region of soft tissue. Thus, it can be used to secure negative margins following the resection of a primary tumor, which could impede local recurrences in the treatment of local diseases such as early staged, non-metastatic, breast cancer.
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- Gal Shafirstein
- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA.
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Lasers and optical technologies play a significant role in aesthetic and reconstructive surgery. The unique ability of optical technologies to target specific structures and layers in tissues to effect chemical, mechanical, or thermal changes makes them a powerful tool in cutaneous rejuvenation, hair removal, fat removal, and treatment of vascular lesions such as port-wine stains, among many other procedures. With the development of adjunct techniques such as epidermal cooling, lasers and optical technologies have become more versatile and safe. The constant improvement of existing applications and the emergence of novel applications such as photodynamic therapy, nanoparticles, spectroscopy, and noninvasive imaging continue to revolutionize aesthetic medicine by offering a minimally invasive alternative to traditional surgery. In the future, therapies will be based on individualized, maximum, safe radiant exposure to deliver optimal dosimetry. Lasers and optical technologies are headed toward safer, easier, more quantifiable, and more individualized therapy.
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- Edward C Wu
- Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic, University of California, Irvine, 1002 Health Sciences Rd E, Irvine, CA 92612, USA
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