• DocumentCode
    1982477
  • Title

    The light propagation in biological tissue for cancer treatment

  • Author

    Lim, H.S. ; Lee, D.J. ; Kim, J.M. ; Kim, S.H.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Biol. Eng., Chungnam Nat. Univ., Taejon, South Korea
  • Volume
    4
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    2001
  • Firstpage
    3917
  • Abstract
    Studies the accessible depth by photons within biological tissue for photodynamic therapy of cancer. For measurements of light propagation within tissue, we applied a diode laser of 660 nm wavelength and by assuming the medium to be homogeneous, we neglect the effects of any refractive index mismatches between the tissue layers. The result have yielded the penetration depth of light within biological tissue.
  • Keywords
    bio-optics; biological tissues; cancer; laser applications in medicine; light propagation; photodynamic therapy; 660 nm; biological tissue; cancer treatment; diode laser; light propagation; penetration depth; photodynamic therapy; photon accessible depth; refractive index mismatches; tissue layers; Biological tissues; Cancer; Density measurement; Diode lasers; Heating; Medical treatment; Optical propagation; Power lasers; Power measurement; Wavelength measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2001. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE
  • ISSN
    1094-687X
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7211-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEMBS.2001.1019697
  • Filename
    1019697