Thin cylindrical diffusers in multimode Ge-doped silica fibers

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 245-251

  Lilge, Lothar ^a,b   Vesselov, Leonid ^c   Whittington, William ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Walsh Medical Devices Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Interstitial hyperthermia; Oncology; Photodynamic therapy

Indexed keywords

GERMANIUM; GLASS FIBER; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; DEVICE; DOSIMETRY; EXCIMER LASER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; X RAY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; GERMANIUM; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY;

EID: 17044391435     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20150     Document Type: Article

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