An interstitial light assembly for photodynamic therapy in prostatic carcinoma

BJU International

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 821-826

  Lee, L K ^a   Whitehurst, C ^a,c   Pantelides, M L ^b   Moore, J V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BOLTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fibre splitter; Interstitial photodynamic therapy; Isoprobe detector; Light dosimetry; Optical diffuser; Prostate carcinoma

Indexed keywords

GLASS FIBER;

ACCURACY; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BLEEDING; BLOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LASER; LIGHT; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NEEDLE; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

AGED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; NEEDLES; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032748403     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410x.1999.00314.x     Document Type: Article

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