Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy
Volume 3, Issue 1 , Pages 51-60 , March 2006

Performance of a contact textile-based light diffuser for photodynamic therapy

  • Tania Khan

      Affiliations

    • Research Division of Gynecology, Department of OB/GYN, University Hospital, Zürich CH-8091, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Merthan Unternährer

      Affiliations

    • Research Division of Gynecology, Department of OB/GYN, University Hospital, Zürich CH-8091, Switzerland
    • Institute for Biomedical Engineering, ETH Zürich CH-8092, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Julia Buchholz

      Affiliations

    • Research Division of Gynecology, Department of OB/GYN, University Hospital, Zürich CH-8091, Switzerland
    • Section of Diagnostic Imaging and Radiation Oncology, VETSUISSE faculty, University of Zürich, Zürich CH-8057, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Barbara Kaser-Hotz

      Affiliations

    • Section of Diagnostic Imaging and Radiation Oncology, VETSUISSE faculty, University of Zürich, Zürich CH-8057, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Bärbel Selm

      Affiliations

    • Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research, Laboratory for Protection and Physiology, St. Gallen CH-9014, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Markus Rothmaier

      Affiliations

    • Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research, Laboratory for Protection and Physiology, St. Gallen CH-9014, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Heinrich Walt, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Research Division of Gynecology, Department of OB/GYN, University Hospital, Zürich CH-8091, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +41 1 255 5372; fax: +41 1 255 4553.

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doi: 10.1016/S1572-1000(05)00182-1

Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy
Volume 3, Issue 1 , Pages 51-60 , March 2006

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