Investigation of temperature effects of a low-level laser source within the muscle phantom

Hüseyin Okan Durmuş (Gebze Technical University)
Neslişah Gün (Marmara University)
Baki Karaböce (TUBITAK National Metrology Institute)
MirHasan Yu. Seyidov (Gebze Technical University)

International Journal of Advances in Applied Sciences
Vol 10, No 4: December 2021

In this study, temperature effects of a low-level laser source were investigated in a muscle phantom within 20, 40, 60, and 80 seconds time intervals. A temperature meter device having a 5-channel and 10 kΩ negative temperature coefficient (NTC) type thermistor sensors were developed in TÜBİTAK UME Medical Metrology Laboratory for these special temperature measurements. The muscle phantom poured into a phantom container that was specially designed for 5-channel sensor placement and printed in a 3D printer. It has also been acoustically confirmed that the phantom has muscle phantom characteristics. As a result of this study, it is concluded that the laser source used is safe and suitable at therapy usage within the specified times in terms of the detected temperatures.