Modeling of photosensitizer fluorescence emission and photobleaching for photodynamic therapy dosimetry

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 31, 1998, Pages 7168-7183

  Farrell, Thomas J ^a   Hawkes, Robert P ^a   Patterson, Michael S ^a   Wilson, Brian C ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PHOTONS; PHOTOSENSITIZERS; TISSUE;

BROAD BEAM EXCITATION; NECROSIS; PENCIL BEAM EXCITATION; PHOTOBLEACHING; PHOTON DIFFUSION THEORY;

PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY;

EID: 0032209392     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.007168     Document Type: Article

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