In-vivo optical detection of cancer using chlorin e6 – polyvinylpyrrolidone induced fluorescence imaging and spectroscopy

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Photosensitizer based fluorescence imaging and spectroscopy is fast becoming a promising approach for cancer detection. The purpose of this study was to examine the use of the photosensitizer chlorin e6 (Ce6) formulated in polyvinylp...

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Main Authors: Soo Khee, Bhuvaneswari Ramaswamy, Thong Patricia SP, Chin William WL, Heng Paul WS, Olivo Malini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-01-01
Series:BMC Medical Imaging
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2342/9/1