Three-dimensional optical phantom and its application in photodynamic therapy

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 227-234

  Bays, Roland ^a   Wagnières, Georges ^a   Robert, Dimitri ^a   Theumann, Jean François ^a   Vitkin, Alex ^c   Savary, Jean François ^b   Monnier, Philippe ^b   Van Den Bergh, Hubert ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Laser tissue interaction; Light dosimetry; Optical properties; PDT; Photomedicine; Tissue optics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICS; PHANTOM; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; OPTICS; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 0030885801     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1997)21:3<227::AID-LSM2>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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