Modeling light fluence rate distribution in optically heterogeneous prostate photodynamic therapy using a kernel method

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6427, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Li, Jun ^a   Zhu, Timothy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterogeneity; Kernel method; Light fluence rate; Photodynamic therapy; Prostate

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DIFFUSION; DOSIMETRY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

HETEROGENEITY; KERNEL METHOD; LIGHT FLUENCE RATE;

PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY;

EID: 34548203872     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.702798     Document Type: Conference Paper

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