TY - GEN
T1 - Dosimetry of cylindrical fibers in photodynamic therapy
AU - Mang, Thomas S.
AU - Wood, Leroy
PY - 1992
Y1 - 1992
N2 - Clinical studies in photodynamic therapy have utilized lasers to take advantage of coupling efficiencies to optical fibers allowing light to be delivered to many areas of the body. The isodose-rate surfaces in the air of the microlens and the sphere diffuser are simple surfaces, namely planes perpendicular to the light beam and spheres centered on the light source, respectively. The isodose-rate surfaces of the cylinder diffuser do not have a simple cycometry. In this article, these surfaces are presented for a line source which is a good approximation of the cylinder diffuser.
AB - Clinical studies in photodynamic therapy have utilized lasers to take advantage of coupling efficiencies to optical fibers allowing light to be delivered to many areas of the body. The isodose-rate surfaces in the air of the microlens and the sphere diffuser are simple surfaces, namely planes perpendicular to the light beam and spheres centered on the light source, respectively. The isodose-rate surfaces of the cylinder diffuser do not have a simple cycometry. In this article, these surfaces are presented for a line source which is a good approximation of the cylinder diffuser.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0027070055
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:0027070055
SN - 0819407917
T3 - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
SP - 180
EP - 187
BT - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
PB - Publ by Int Soc for Optical Engineering
T2 - Optical Methods for Tumor Treatment and Detection: Mechanisms and Techniques in Photodynamic Therapy
Y2 - 20 January 1992 through 21 January 1992
ER -