Uniform irradiation or irregularly shaped cavities for photodynamic therapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 583-593

  Rem, Alex I ^a   Van Gemert, Martin J C ^a   Van der Meulen, Freerk W ^a   Gijsbers, Geert H M ^a,b   Beek, Johan F ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GEOMETRY; LIGHT EXPOSURE; PHOTODYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL STUDY;

HEALTH PHYSICS; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 0030937535     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/42/3/010     Document Type: Article

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