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http://dx.doi.org/10.5369/JSST.2003.12.5.225

Feasibility study on the development of Liquid crystal-optical fiber temperature sensor for minimal invasive laserthermia  

Lee, Bong-Soo (Dept. School of Biomedical Engineering, Konkuk University)
Hwang, Young-Muk (Dept. School of Biomedical Engineering, Konkuk University)
Chung, Soon-Cheol (Dept. School of Biomedical Engineering, Konkuk University)
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Journal of Sensor Science and Technology / v.12, no.5, 2003 , pp. 225-230 More about this Journal
Abstract
Nowadays, laserthermia is widely used to treat malignant tumors with generating heat as the one of minimal invasive surgeries. Generally, the laserthermia probe system consists of the fiber-optic laser and light guides, image guide and temperature sensor. It is very important to measure the temperature of treating tumor and make a stable temperature ($42{\sim}43^{\circ}C$) during the treating time. Therefore, laserthermia probe needs temperature sensor which can measure it exactly and fast. In this study, to develop a new type of temperature sensor with LC(liquid crystal) and optical fiber, the reflectivity of LC according to the temperature changes are measured. Also, the relationships are derived from the results.
Keywords
laserthermia; temperature sensor; LC (Liquid crystal); optical fiber;
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