Optical Characterization of Neurosurgical Operating Microscopes: Quantitative Fluorescence and Assessment of PpIX Photobleaching
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-30247-6
Abstract: Protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) induced by 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) is increasingly used as a fluorescent marker for fluorescence-guided resection of malignant gliomas. Understanding how the properties of the excitation light source and PpIX fluorescence interact with… read more here.
Keywords: fluorescence; optical characterization; ppix; operating microscopes ... See more keywords