Technical principles for protoporphyrin-IX-fluorescence guided microsurgical resection of malignant glioma tissue

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 140, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 995-1000

  Stummer, W ^a   Stepp, H ^a   Moller G ^b   Ehrhardt, A ^c   Leonhard, M ^c   Reulen, H J ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CARL ZEISS SMT AG   (Germany)

^c Karl Storz GmbH and Co KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aminolevulinic acid; Fluorescence detection; Fluorescence microscopy; Malignant glioma

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; PROTOPORPHYRIN;

ARTICLE; CAMERA; EXCITATION; FILTER; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIGHT; MICROSCOPE; MICROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; GLIOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSURGERY; PROTOPORPHYRINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031793113     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010050206     Document Type: Article

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