Mapping the light field of the Waldmann PDT 1200 lamp: Potential for wide-field low light irradiance aminolevulinic acid photodynamic therapy

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 204-207

  Crosbie, Jeffrey ^a,c   Winser, Kenneth ^a   Collins, Paul ^b  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b City of Dublin Skin/Cancer Hospital   (Ireland)

^c IPSWICH HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; LIGHT; LIGHT IRRADIANCE; MEASUREMENT; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; BIOLOGY; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY;

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; HUMANS; LIGHT; LIGHTING; PHOTOBIOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY;

EID: 0036674940     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2002)076<0204:MTLFOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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