White light diffuse optical spectroscopy for photodynamic therapy dosimetry

• المؤلف الرئيسي: Ting, Siong Luong.
• مؤلفون آخرون: Lee Kijoon
• التنسيق: Final Year Project
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2010
• الموضوعات: DRNTU::Science::Medicine::Optical instruments
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/39553

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an emerging cancer treatment modality that utilizes light-activated drugs (photosensitizer) and laser light to induce cytotoxicity selectively. It is known that blood oxygenation level and photosensitizer concentration in the tissue play important roles in the PDT treat...