Microdensitometry of T2-weighted magnetic resonance (MR) images from patients with advanced neoplasias in a phase I clinical trial of an infrared pulsed laser device (IPLD)

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 398-406

  Santana Blank, Luis A ^a,c   Reyes, Heberto ^a,b   Rodríguez Santana, Elizabeth ^a   Santana Rodríguez, Karin E ^a  

^a Fundalas   (Venezuela)

^b Hospital Vargas de Caracas   (Venezuela)

^c MUN 301101   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti cancer therapy; Low energy laser; Solid tumors; Water dynamics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFRARED PULSED LASER; LASER; MALE; MICRODENSITOMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; WATER CONTENT; DENSITOMETRY; INFRARED RADIATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM;

ADULT; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; LASERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 3042737814     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20068     Document Type: Article

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