TY - GEN
T1 - VECSELs
T2 - Innovative light sources for PDT
AU - Kantola, Emmi Liisa
AU - Leinonen, Tomi Pekka
AU - Penttinen, Jussi-Pekka
AU - Korpijärvi, Ville-Markus
AU - Mordon, Serge Roger
AU - Guina, Mircea
N1 - xabstract
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Photodynamic therapy (PDT) with porphyrins and red light (610–630 nm) is finding increasing clinical application for both the eradication of relatively small tumors and the palliation of inoperable or obstructive tumors. PDT also shows some promise for the sterilization of the tumor bed after surgical removal of neoplastic masses. Optically pumped vertical external-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VECSELs) appear to be a very innovative and efficient technology in this specific wavelength range. Furthermore, VECSELs are power scalable and wavelength tunable, and are an appealing light source for PDT.
AB - Photodynamic therapy (PDT) with porphyrins and red light (610–630 nm) is finding increasing clinical application for both the eradication of relatively small tumors and the palliation of inoperable or obstructive tumors. PDT also shows some promise for the sterilization of the tumor bed after surgical removal of neoplastic masses. Optically pumped vertical external-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VECSELs) appear to be a very innovative and efficient technology in this specific wavelength range. Furthermore, VECSELs are power scalable and wavelength tunable, and are an appealing light source for PDT.
U2 - 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2015.07.084
DO - 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2015.07.084
M3 - Conference contribution
T3 - Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy
BT - 2015 conference of International Photodynamic association, 22.-26.5.2015, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
ER -