Figure 5
From: Improvement of light penetration in biological tissue using an ultrasound-induced heating tunnel

(a, b) Fluence and temperature increase measured by the photodetector and thermocouple in the in vitro phantom experiment. (c) The photoacoustic signal intensity increased with the different temperature of the heating tunnel (*, p < 0.05). Note that the temperature of the water bath was almost unchanged due to the special setting of the phantom and an optical absorber (hair) (N = 3 in each experiment). (d) The temperature change of the hair during experiment.