Tissue temperature monitoring during Interstitial Photodynamic Therapy

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5698, Issue , 2005, Pages 126-136

  Svensson, Jenny ^a   Johansson, Ann ^a   Svanberg, Katarina ^a   Andersson Engels, Stefan ^a  

^a Lund University   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cr3+ ions; Interstitial photodynamic therapy; Temperature dependent fluorescence

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUORESCENCE; MONITORING; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; SKIN; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMISTORS;

CR3+; INTERSTITIAL DYNAMIC THERAPY (IPDT); TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT FLUORESCENCE; TISSUE TEMPERATURE;

TISSUE;

EID: 23244432143     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.588485     Document Type: Conference Paper

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