Study on the absorption properties of sulfonated aluminum phthalocyanine in vivo and ex vivo in murine tumor models

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 131-139

  Cubeddu, Rinaldo ^a   Canti, Gianfranco ^b   Pifferi, Antonio ^a   Taroni, Paola ^a   Torricelli, Alessandro ^a   Valentini, Gianluca ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Absorption spectrum; In vivo absorption; Photosensitizers; Phthalocyanine; Time resolved reflectance

Indexed keywords

MURINAE;

EID: 0000935491     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.259671     Document Type: Article

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