Photodynamic tumour therapy and on-line fluorescence spectroscopy after ALA administration using 633 nm-light as therapeutic and fluorescence excitation radiation

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2078, Issue , 1994, Pages 438-446

  König, Karsten ^a   Kienle, Alwin ^a   Boehncke, Wolf Henning ^b   Kaufmann, Roland ^a   Rück, Angelika ^a   Meier, Thomas ^a   Steiner, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; DYE LASERS; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; RADIATION; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; EXCITATION WAVELENGTH; FLUORESCENCE DIAGNOSIS; FLUORESCENCE EXCITATION; FLUORESCENCE MEASUREMENTS; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; PHOTON DISTRIBUTIONS; SPONTANEOUS RADIATION;

LASER EXCITATION;

EID: 85017017083     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.168686     Document Type: Conference Paper

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