Simple Summary Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising treatment for cancerous
tumours in which light technologies play a crucial role. An attempt to answer a long-standing …

The development of optical methods in modern medicine in the areas of diagnostics,
therapy, and surgery has stimulated the investigation of optical properties of various …

A thorough understanding of optical properties of biological tissues is critical to effective
treatment planning for therapies such as photodynamic therapy (PDT). In the last two …

Measurements of optical properties carried out at visible and NIR wavelengths on many
samples of Intralipid 20% showed a high stability and surprisingly small batch-to-batch …

The optical properties of India ink, an absorber often used in preparation of tissue simulating
phantoms, have been investigated at visible and near infrared wavelengths. The extinction …

Abstract Singlet oxygen (1O2) is the major cytotoxic agent responsible for cell killing for type‐
II photodynamic therapy (PDT). An empirical four‐parameter macroscopic model is …

Tissue-mimicking phantoms that are currently available for routine biomedical applications
may not be suitable for high-temperature experiments or calibration of thermal modalities …

The development of photodynamic therapy into a modality for treatment of prostate cancer
calls for reliable optical dosimetry. We employ, for the first time, interstitial time-resolved …

Although linear transducer arrays have been intensely used in photoacoustic imaging, their
geometrical shape constrains light illumination. Today, most linear array based …

In spite of many progresses achieved both with theories and with experiments in studying
light propagation through diffusive media, a reliable method for accurate measurements of …