ISSN Print 2500–1094
ISSN Online 2542–1204
BIOMEDICAL JOURNAL OF PIROGOV UNIVERSITY (MOSCOW, RUSSIA)
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Study of ablated surface smoothness and thermal processes in rabbit cornea treated with MicroScan-Visum and MicroScan-PIC excimer laser systems
About authors
Department for Clinical Research in Ophthalmology,Clinical Research Center for Otorhinolaryngology, Moscow, Russia
Correspondence should be addressed: Nika Takhchidi
Volokolamskoe shosse, d. 30, str. 2, Moscow, Russia, 123182; ur.ay@ht-akin
Received: 2016-04-11
Accepted: 2016-04-14
Published online: 2017-01-05
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Fig. 1. Example of measurement of the smoothness of the ablation surface formed using MicroScan-PIC 100 Hz by interferometer New View – 5000 Zygo (Ra = 311 nm)
Fig. 2. Example of measurement of the smoothness of the ablation surface formed using MicroScan-Visum 500 Hz by interferometer New View – 5000 Zygo (Ra = 268 nm)
Fig. 3. Example of thermographic map during phototherapeutic keratectomy using MicroScan-PIC 100 Hz (rabbit cornea is marked by an arrow)
Fig. 4. Transverse temperature profiles for excimer laser systems MicroScan- PIC 100 Hz (green curve), MicroScan-Visum 300 Hz (red curve) and MicroScan-Visum 500 Hz (blue curve)
Table 1. Indicators of the ablation surface quality of lens formed on polymethylmethacrylate plates using radiation from MicroScan-PIC 100 Hz, MicroScan-Visum 300 Hz and MicroScan-Visum 500 Hz systems, nm (M ± δ, p < 0.05)
Table 2. Dynamics of thermal processes in a rabbit cornea during phototherapeutic keratectomy using laser systems MicroScan-PIC 100 Hz, MicroScan-Visum 300 Hz and MicroScan-Visum 500 Hz, °C (M ± δ, p < 0.05)
