Preliminary evaluation of two fluorescence imaging methods for the detection and the delineation of basal cell carcinomas of the skin

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 76-82

  Andersson Engels, Stefan ^a   Canti, Gianfranco ^b   Cubeddu, Rinaldo ^c,e   Eker, Charlotta ^a   Af Klinteberg, Claes ^a   Pifferi, Antonio ^c   Svanberg, Katarina ^d   Svanberg, Sune ^a   Taroni, Paola ^c   Valentini, Gianluca ^c   Wang, Ingrid ^d  

^a Lund University   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c INFM   (Italy)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

aminolevulinic acid; Basal cell carcinoma; Fluorescence imaging; Protoporphyrin IX; Tumor detection

Indexed keywords

PROTOPORPHYRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PROTOPORPHYRINS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0033957946     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(2000)26:1<76::AID-LSM11>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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