Quantitative analysis of transcranial and intraparenchymal light penetration in human cadaver brain tissue

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 312-322

  Tedford, Clark E ^a   Delapp, Scott ^a   Jacques, Steven ^b   Anders, Juanita J ^c  

^a LumiThera Inc   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

808 nm wavelength; central nervous system; isotropic optical fibers; low level light therapy; photobiomodulation; transcranial light therapy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CADAVER; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASER; DURA MATER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIGHT PENETRATION; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; LIGHT SCATTERING; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; PHOTOBIOMODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VERY ELDERLY; BRAIN; LASER; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; CADAVER; HUMANS; LASERS; LOW-LEVEL LIGHT THERAPY; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED;

EID: 84928078421     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.22343     Document Type: Article

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