Cylindrical fiberoptic light diffuser for medical applications

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 159-167

  Mizeret, Jérôme C ^a   Van Den Bergh, Hubert E ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

interstitial phototherapy; intravascular phototherapy; light diffuser; photodynamic therapy

Indexed keywords

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; FIBEROSCOPE; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; OPTICS; PHANTOM; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FIBER OPTICS; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PHYSICS;

EID: 0029825931     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1996)19:2<159::AID-LSM6>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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