Estudo da distribuição de luz vermelha e infravermelha em sangue humano diluído para circulação extracorpórea / Study of red and infrared light distribution in diluted blood for cardiopulmonary bupass surgery

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IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

27/10/2011

RESUMO

Low level laser therapy (LLLT) is a treatment used in several applications, including the reduction of inflammatory processes. It could be used to prevent the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), which some patients develop after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) surgery applied to solve some heart diseases. The objectives of this study were to set an experimental arrangement to study light distribution inside scattering liquids, and determine the associated uncertainty; to use this arrangement to study light distribution inside blood, in order to implement the LLLT during CPB, and, through this study, to determine the best wavelength and the best way to perform the treatment. Possible changes on rheological properties of blood, caused by illumination with laser, were also evaluated. Lipovenos PLR, a scattering liquid, was contained inside a cuvette and an optical fiber was used to collect the scattered light. Two wavelengths were used: 632.8 nm and 820 nm. The arrangement was validated, with uncertainty of 7%, through comparison between the experimental results and Monte Carlo Method simulation previously performed. This arrangement was used to study light distribution inside blood, diluted to the same conditions of CPB procedure. Light transmission through CPB tubes walls and light distribution in blood inside CPB tubes were also evaluated. A rotational rheometer with a cone-plate system was used to test rheological properties of two blood samples, one illuminated with laser and the other non illuminated Compared to the 820 nm light, the 632.8 nm light is scattered further away from the laser beam, turning possible that a bigger volume of blood could be treated. The blood should be illuminated through the CPB tube with the smallest diameter, in four distinct points around the tube, only in one cross section of this tube, because the blood is kept passing through the tube all the time. Changes in rheological properties of blood were observed on blood illuminated with the 635 nm laser. These changes must be better understood in order to help the patient submitted to CPB.

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distribuição de luz em meios espalhadores dosimetria dosimetry laser laser light distribution in scattering samples

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