Optical clearing of vaginal tissues

Chun-Hung Chang; Erinn M. Myers M.D.; Michael J. Kennelly M.D.; Nathaniel M. Fried

doi:10.1117/12.2247596

6 February 2017 Optical clearing of vaginal tissues

Chun-Hung Chang, Erinn M. Myers M.D., Michael J. Kennelly M.D., Nathaniel M. Fried

Proceedings Volume 10038, Therapeutics and Diagnostics in Urology: Lasers, Robotics, Minimally Invasive, and Advanced Biomedical Devices; 100380A (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2247596
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2017, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Near-IR laser energy in conjunction with applied tissue cooling is being investigated for thermal remodeling of endopelvic fascia during minimally invasive treatment of female stress urinary incontinence. Previous simulations of light transport, heat transfer, and tissue thermal damage have shown that a transvaginal approach is more feasible than a transurethral approach. However, undesirable thermal insult to vaginal wall was predicted. This study explores whether an optical clearing agent (OCA) can improve optical penetration depth and completely preserve vaginal wall during subsurface treatment of endopelvic fascia. Several OCA mixtures were tested, and 100% glycerol was found to be optimal. Optical transmission studies, optical coherence tomography, reflection spectroscopy, and computer simulations of thermal damage to tissue using glycerol were performed. The OCA produced a 61% increase in optical transmission through porcine vaginal wall at 37 °C after 30 min. Monte Carlo (MC) light transport, heat transfer, and Arrhenius integral thermal damage simulations were performed. MC model showed improved energy deposition in endopelvic fascia using OCA. Without OCA, 62, 37, and 1% of energy was deposited in vaginal wall, endopelvic fascia, and urethral wall, compared with 50, 49, and 1% with OCA. Use of OCA also yielded 0.5 mm increase in treatment depth, allowing potential thermal tissue remodeling at 3 mm depth.

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Chun-Hung Chang, Erinn M. Myers M.D., Michael J. Kennelly M.D., and Nathaniel M. Fried "Optical clearing of vaginal tissues", Proc. SPIE 10038, Therapeutics and Diagnostics in Urology: Lasers, Robotics, Minimally Invasive, and Advanced Biomedical Devices, 100380A (6 February 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2247596

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Tissues

Monte Carlo methods

Optical clearing

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Optical coherence tomography

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