<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <article key="pdf/15965" mdate="2011-11-27 00:00:00"> <author>M.A. Calin and S.V. Parasca and M.R. Calin and D. Savastru and D. Manea</author> <title>Noninvasive Assessment of Low Power Laser Radiation Effect on Skin Wound Healing Using Infrared Thermography</title> <pages>626 - 629</pages> <year>2011</year> <volume>5</volume> <number>11</number> <journal>International Journal of Biomedical and Biological Engineering</journal> <ee>https://publications.waset.org/pdf/15965</ee> <url>https://publications.waset.org/vol/59</url> <publisher>World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology</publisher> <abstract>The goal of this paper is to examine the effects of laser radiation on the skin wound healing using infrared thermography as noninvasive method for the monitoring of the skin temperature changes during laser treatment. Thirty Wistar rats were used in this study. A skin lesion was performed at the leg on all rats. The animals were exposed to laser radiation (&amp;lambda; 670 nm, P 15 mW, DP 16.31 mWcm2) for 600 s. Thermal images of wound were acquired before and after laser irradiation. The results have demonstrated that the tissue temperature decreases from 35.5&amp;plusmn;0.50&amp;deg;C in the first treatment day to 31.3&amp;plusmn;0.42&amp;deg;C after the third treatment day. This value is close to the normal value of the skin temperature and indicates the end of the skin repair process. In conclusion, the improvements in the wound healing following exposure to laser radiation have been revealed by infrared thermography.</abstract> <index>Open Science Index 59, 2011</index> </article>