Light dosimetry for multiple cylindrical diffusing sources for use in photodynamic therapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 3197-3208

  Dickey, Dwayne J ^a   Partridge, Kevin ^a   Moore, Ronald B ^b   Tulip, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACHYTHERAPY; FIBREOPTIC SOURCES;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; TISSUE;

DOSIMETRY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFRACTION; DIFFUSION; DOSIMETRY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GEOMETRY; LIGHT; PHANTOM; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

DIFFUSION; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 4344713086     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/14/013     Document Type: Article

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