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The temporal dynamics of biological tissue swelling under the effect of mid-IR laser radiation is considered theoretically following the experimental investigation published earlier. The probable mechanism of laser swelling is suggested. This mechanism consists of deformation of tissue protein base by vapor pressure, which appears due to evaporation of tissue water. The formation and relaxation of a hump on the surface was determined by both mechanical properties (elastic, plastic) and porosity of material providing water vapor transfer within tissue. It is found that these mechanisms can lead to the formation of both transient and stationary hump structures on the surface. To describe the hump relaxation, we consider a new, evaporation-condensation, mechanism of heat transfer within the region of biotissue with microchannels. This mechanism allows us to explain the value of relaxation time of the hump measured in experiment.
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Malyshev, A., Bityurin, N. Laser swelling of soft biological tissue by IR pulses. Appl. Phys. A 79, 1175–1179 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-004-2698-7
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