Abstract
Infrared (IR) laser impact has no analogues for rapid and safe cartilage reshaping. For better penetration of radiation optical clearing agents (OCAs) can be applied. In present work, the effect of low-osmolality agent iohexol on costal cartilage is studied. Specifically, it is shown that ½ of total increase of optical transparency occurs in 20 minutes of immersion. Maximally, cartilage transparency on 1560 nm can be increased in 1.5 times. Injection of iohexol results in increased tissue hygroscopicity, lower drying rate and higher percentage of bound water. Effective diffusion coefficients of water liberation at 21°C are (5.3 ± 0.4) × 10-7 and (3.3 ± 0.1) × 10-7 cm2 /s for untreated and iohexol-modified tissue, respectively. Raman spectroscopy of irradiated iohexol solution reveals its photo and thermo-stability under clinically used IR laser energies up to 350 W/cm2 for exposure times of several seconds. At energies higher than 500 W/cm2 [Correction added on 5 September 2018, after first online publication: This unit has been changed] decomposition of iohexol occurs rapidly through formation of molecular iodine and fluorescent residue.
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