Integrating sphere effect in whole-bladder-wall photodynamic therapy: III. Fluence multiplication, optical penetration and light distribution with an eccentric source for human bladder optical properties

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 579-590

  Van Staveren, Hugo J ^a   Keijzer, Marleen ^b   Keesmaat, Tijmen ^a   Jansen, Harald ^c   Kirkel, Wim J ^a   Beek, Johan F ^d   Star, Willem M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c De Baronie Hospital   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETRY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CYSTITIS; HUMANS; LIGHT; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030000731     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/41/4/001     Document Type: Article

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