New photonic technologies for the treatment and diagnosis of hepatic diseases: an overview of the experimental work performed in collaboration, between Physics Institute of São Carlos and Ribeirão Preto Faculty of Medicine of the University of São Paulo Novas tecnologias fotônicas no tratamento e diagnóstico de doenças hepáticas: uma revisão dos trabalhos experimentais realizados em colaboração, entre o Instituto de Física de São Carlos e a Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo

Recent advances in optical techniques have created a great range of possibilities for diagnosis and therapeutics in liver related diseases. With the uses of efficient light sources like lasers and LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) it is possible to employ the light-tissue interaction to promote hepatic t...

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Main Authors:	Vanderlei Salvador Bagnato, Cristina Kurachi, Juliana Ferreira, Ajith Kumar Sankarankutty, Sérgio Zucoloto, Orlando de Castro e Silva
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa em Cirurgia 2006-01-01
Series:	Acta Cirurgica Brasileira
Subjects:	Laser Regeneração Hepática Fluorescência Espectroscopia Fototerapia Liver Regeneration Fluorescence Spectroscopy Photo Therapy
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-86502006000700002