Low-intensity LED (625 and 405 nm) and laser (805 nm) killing of Propionibacterium acnes and staphylococcus epidermidis

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7165, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Tuchina, Elena S ^a   Tuchin, Valery V ^a  

^a SARATOV STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Indocyanine Green; Infrared light; LED light; Methylene Blue; Phototherapy of acne

Indexed keywords

INDOCYANINE GREEN; INFRARED LIGHT; LED-LIGHT; METHYLENE BLUE; PHOTOTHERAPY OF ACNE;

EID: 67249088857     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.814812     Document Type: Conference Paper

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