Fig 1.
The curved array surface probe (top) and endocavity bi-plane probe (bottom) used in the simulation study.
Fig 2.
Side (upper left), rear (upper right), bottom (lower) views of the simulated disinfection chamber. The square apertures represent LED package locations within the simulated chamber.
Table 1.
Irradiance simulation data for probe surfaces.
Fig 3.
3D scatter plots of the simulated irradiance distribution over the surface of the endocavity bi-plane probe.
Fig 4.
Alternative views of the endocavity bi-plane probe.
Irregularities in irradiance patterns at the tip of the probe due to its shape are shown.
Fig 5.
Histogram of the endocavity bi-plane probe, showing the frequency of different levels of irradiance.
A higher bar indicates that the level of irradiance was found more frequently on the probe surface.
Fig 6.
Quantile-Quantile plot of the endocavity bi-plane probe.
Fig 7.
3D scatter plots of the simulated irradiance distribution over the surface of the curved array surface probe.
Fig 8.
Alternative views of the surface probe.
Irregularities in irradiance patterns on the orientation markers on the side of the probe body and on the probe window are shown.
Fig 9.
Histogram of the curved array surface probe, showing the frequency of occurrence of different levels of irradiance.
Fig 10.
Quantile-Quantile plot of the curved array surface probe.
Table 2.
Time to achieve HLD in areas of minimum and maximum irradiance in probe simulation.
Table 3.
Dose received in areas of the probe with maximum irradiance, given the time applied to achieve HLD in areas of low irradiance from Table 2.