Photodynamic therapy and knocking out of single tumor cells by multiphoton excitation processes

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5, Issue 33, 2004, Pages 103-109

  Riemann, Iris ^a   Fischer, Peter ^b   König, Karsten ^a,b,c  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Germany)

^b JENLAB GMBH   (Germany)

^c IBMT ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

ALA; Ehrlich Ascites Carcinoma; Femtosecond laser pulses; NIR; Photodynamic therapy (PDT); Photofrin; Porphyrin; Two photon excitation

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID (ALA); EHRLICH ASCITES CARCINOMA; FEMTOSECOND LASER PULSES; NIR; PHOTOBLEACHING; PHOTOFRIN; TWO-PHOTON EXCITATION;

CELLS; DISEASES; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; PHOTOSENSITIZERS; PORPHYRINS; TUMORS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY;

EID: 12144262005     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.545583     Document Type: Conference Paper

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