Optical experiments are described for measuring the attenuation characteristics of breast
tissues at visible and near-infrared wavelengths. Total attenuation coefficients post mortem …

A technique is described for uniform light irradiation of the tumour cavity after radical subtotal
malignant brain tumour resection in patients whose tumours have been photosensitised by …

A time-resolved reflectance and transmittance spectrophotometer was developed and used
to evaluate noninvasively and simultaneously the absorption and transport scattering …

Diffuse optical spectroscopy (DOS) of breast tissue provides quantitative, functional
information based on optical absorption and scattering properties that cannot be obtained …

Complementary to classical treatment methods used against cancer, photodynamic therapy
(PDT) has received increasing attention over the last years. PDT relies on the generation of …

Photodynamic therapy has emerged as an effective therapeutic alternative to treat
oncological, cardiovascular, dermatological, infectious, and ophthalmic diseases …

Ovarian cancer is the most lethal gynecologic malignancy with a stubborn mortality rate of~
65%. The persistent failure of multiline chemotherapy, and significant tumor heterogeneity …

Significance: The arterial carbon dioxide (CO 2) partial pressure Pa CO 2 is a clinically
relevant variable. However, its measurement requires arterial blood sampling or bulky and …

Abstract Chlorophyll (Chl) and bacteriochlorophyll (Bchl) have been made water soluble by
transesterfication with serine (Ser) at the propionyl residue and tested as potential reagents …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is capable of eradicating neoplastic cells that are accessible to
sufficient light and oxygen. There is adequate information now available for assessing …