How to report low-level laser therapy (LLLT)/photomedicine dose and beam parameters in clinical and laboratory studies

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 785-787

  Jenkins, Peter A ^a,b,c   Carroll, James D ^d  

^a SpectraMedics Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^b SpectraVET Inc   (United States)

^c ImmunoPhotonics Inc   (United States)

^d THOR Photomedicine Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL LOCATIONS; APERTURE SIZES; BEAM PARAMETER; BEAM POWER; BEAM PROFILES; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE PARAMETERS; ENERGY DENSITY; IRRADIATION TIME; LABORATORY STUDIES; LIGHT THERAPIES; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MISSING DATA; PULSE PARAMETER; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SCIENTIFIC STUDIES; SPECTRAL WIDTHS;

ERRORS; EXPERIMENTS; LASER TISSUE INTERACTION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

LASER SURGERY;

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

CHECKLIST; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; RADIATION, NONIONIZING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 82955170626     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2011.9895     Document Type: Article

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