Fig. 2
From: A new approach to treatment of stress urinary incontinence using non-ablative transurethral laser
Numerical simulations of temperature and thermal damage after 980 nm laser irradiation: (A) longitudinal (xy plane; temperature distribution) and cross-sectional views of (B) temperature distribution and (C) thermal damage (yz plane) in BDA and urethral tissue (EUS = external urinary sphincter; L = lumen; AL = active length; BDA = balloon-assisted applicator; CL = cooling liquid; U = urethra). Note that the thermal damage represents the thermal index (Ω) above 1 (i.e., log(Ω) = 0). (D) temperature profiles measured from the dashed line (A-A’) in (A) and comparison of temporal temperature elevations at (E) L and (F) EUS after delivery of 300 J (LO = laser off). Blue, red, and black dashed lines indicate the end of laser irradiation.
