Karsten, AE2009-06-172009-06-172008-10Karsten, AE. 2008. Effect of wavelength, epidermal thickness and skin type on the required dose for photodynamic therapy. International Conference of the World Association of Laser Therapy (WALT 2008), Sun City, South Africa, 19-22 October 2008, pp 137-1439788875874711http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3442International Conference of the World Association of Laser Therapy (WALT 2008), Sun City, South Africa, 19-22 October 2008The wide spread use of lasers as a treatment modality emphasized the need that users are aware of the parameters that effect the dose applied during treatment. The results presented show the importance to know the optical parameters (absorption, scattering, anisotropy and refractive index) at the treatment wavelength as well as the thickness of the skin layers, especially the epidermal layer which contains the absorbing melanosomesenPhotodynamic therapyLaser treatmentAnisotropyWavelengthSkin typesWALT 2008International Conference of the World Association of Laser Therapy 2008Epidermal thicknessConference PresentationKarsten, A. (2008). Effect of wavelength, epidermal thickness and skin type on the required dose for photodynamic therapy. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3442Karsten, AE. "Effect of wavelength, epidermal thickness and skin type on the required dose for photodynamic therapy." (2008): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3442Karsten A, Effect of wavelength, epidermal thickness and skin type on the required dose for photodynamic therapy; 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3442 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Karsten, AE AB - The wide spread use of lasers as a treatment modality emphasized the need that users are aware of the parameters that effect the dose applied during treatment. The results presented show the importance to know the optical parameters (absorption, scattering, anisotropy and refractive index) at the treatment wavelength as well as the thickness of the skin layers, especially the epidermal layer which contains the absorbing melanosomes DA - 2008-10 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Photodynamic therapy KW - Laser treatment KW - Anisotropy KW - Wavelength KW - Skin types KW - WALT 2008 KW - International Conference of the World Association of Laser Therapy 2008 KW - Epidermal thickness LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2008 SM - 9788875874711 T1 - Effect of wavelength, epidermal thickness and skin type on the required dose for photodynamic therapy TI - Effect of wavelength, epidermal thickness and skin type on the required dose for photodynamic therapy UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3442 ER -