Flexible textile light diffuser for photodynamic therapy

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5691, Issue , 2005, Pages 95-103

  Seim, Bärbel ^a   Camenzind, Martin ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PATIENT MONITORING; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; TEXTILES; TISSUE;

CLINICAL TESTS; LUMINOUS TEXTILES; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY (PDT); TEXTILE PRODUCTION;

PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY;

PHOTOSENSITIVITY; TEXTILES; TISSUE;

EID: 21844461049     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.610311     Document Type: Conference Paper

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