Monitoring Photosensitizer Uptake Using Two Photon Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy

<p>Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) provides an opportunity for treatment of various invasive tumors by the use of a cancer targeting photosensitizing agent and light of specific wavelengths. However, real-time monitoring of drug localization is desirable because the induction of the phototoxic effe...

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Main Author: Shu-Chi Allison Yeh, Kevin R. Diamond, Michael S. Patterson, Zhaojun Nie, Joseph E. Hayward, Qiyin Fang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ivyspring International Publisher 2012-01-01
Series:Theranostics
Online Access:http://www.thno.org/v02p0817.htm