Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy
Volume 5, Issue 2 , Pages 139-147 , June 2008

Autofluorescence detection of tumors in the human lung—Spectroscopical measurements in situ, in an in vivo model and in vitro

  • D. Hüttenberger, PhD

      Affiliations

    • TU Kaiserslautern Department of Physics, Universtity of Kaiserslautern, Erwin-Schroedinger-Strasse, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 1753740829; fax: +49 6312054289.
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  • T. Gabrecht

      Affiliations

    • EPFL Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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  • G. Wagnières

      Affiliations

    • EPFL Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
    • ,
  • B. Weber

      Affiliations

    • Richard Wolf GmbH, 75434 Knittlingen, Germany
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  • A. Linder

      Affiliations

    • Lungenklinik Hemer, 58675 Hemer, Germany
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  • H.-J. Foth

      Affiliations

    • TU Kaiserslautern Department of Physics, Universtity of Kaiserslautern, Erwin-Schroedinger-Strasse, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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  • L. Freitag

      Affiliations

    • Lungenklinik Hemer, 58675 Hemer, Germany

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doi: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2008.05.002

Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy
Volume 5, Issue 2 , Pages 139-147 , June 2008

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