Optical integrating balloon device for photodynamic therapy

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 58-66

  Dwyer, Peter J ^a   White, W Matthew ^a,b   Fabian, Richard L ^a,b   Anderson, R Rox ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Wellman Laboratories of Photomedicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Balloon; Cavity; Laser; Photodynamic therapy; Uniform illumination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; ENDOMETRIUM; ILLUMINATION; MOUTH MUCOSA; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BALLOON DILATATION; EVALUATION STUDIES; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY;

EID: 0033954465     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(2000)26:1<58::AID-LSM9>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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