Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy
Volume 4, Issue 1 , Pages 71-75 , March 2007

Photodiagnosis for frameless stereotactic biopsy of brain tumor

  • Fumio Yamaguchi, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5, Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8603, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 3 3822 2131; fax: +81 3 5685 0986.
    • ,
  • Hiroshi Takahashi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Nippon Medical School Musashikosugi Hospital, Kosigi-cho, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki 211-8533, Japan
    • ,
  • Akira Teramoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5, Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8603, Japan

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PII: S1572-1000(06)00121-9

doi: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2006.09.005

Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy
Volume 4, Issue 1 , Pages 71-75 , March 2007

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