Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy
Volume 7, Issue 1 , Pages 3-9 , March 2010

A dedicated applicator for light delivery and monitoring of PDT of intra-anal intraepithelial neoplasia

  • Bastiaan Kruijt

      Affiliations

    • Center for Optical Diagnostics and Therapy, Department of Radiation Oncology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Eric M. van der Snoek

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Henricus J.C.M. Sterenborg

      Affiliations

    • Center for Optical Diagnostics and Therapy, Department of Radiation Oncology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Arjen Amelink

      Affiliations

    • Center for Optical Diagnostics and Therapy, Department of Radiation Oncology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Dominic J. Robinson, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Optical Diagnostics and Therapy, Department of Radiation Oncology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Center for Optical Diagnostics and Therapy, Department of Radiation Oncology, Erasmus MC., Room Ee-1675, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 107032141.

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PII: S1572-1000(10)00007-4

doi: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2010.01.006

Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy
Volume 7, Issue 1 , Pages 3-9 , March 2010

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