Diode-light transillumination for ophthalmic plaque localization around juxtapapillary choroidal melanomas

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 887-890

  Finger, Paul T ^a,b   Iezzi, Ray ^a   Esteveo, Maria L ^a   Szechter, Andrzej ^b   Rosen, Richard B ^a   Berson, Anthony ^b  

^a Dept Ophthalmol New York Eye E   (United States)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diode; Light; Localization; Plaque; Radiation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOROID MELANOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

CHOROID NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MELANOMA; TRANSILLUMINATION;

EID: 0033020915     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00064-4     Document Type: Article

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