@inproceedings{a85b3293cf864a168e7cbad05cf16871,
title = "Real-time treatment light dose guidance of Pleural PDT: An update",
abstract = "The goal of this study was to develop and improve an infrared (IR) navigation system to deliver light dose uniformly during intracavitory PDT by tracking the movement of the light source and providing real-time feedback on the light fluence rate on the entire cavity surface area. In the current intrapleural PDT protocol, several detectors placed in selected locations in the pleural cavity monitor the light doses. To improve the delivery of light dose uniformity, an IR camera system is used to track the motion of the light source as well as the surface contour of the pleural cavity. Monte-Carlo simulation is used to improve the calculation algorithm for the effect of light that undergoes multiple scattering along the surface in addition to an improvement of the direct light calculation using an improved model that accounts for the anisotropy of the light from the light source.",
keywords = "MC simulation, Photodynamic therapy, intra-cavitary treatment planning, light dosimetry, light fluence",
author = "Zhu, {Timothy C.} and Kim, {Michele M.} and Jacques, {Steven L.} and Rozhin Penjweini and Andreea Dimofte and Finlay, {Jarod C.} and Simone, {Charles B.} and Cengel, {Keith A.} and Joseph Friedberg",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015 SPIE.; Optical Methods for Tumor Treatment and Detection: Mechanisms and Techniques in Photodynamic Therapy XXIV ; Conference date: 07-02-2015 Through 09-02-2015",
year = "2015",
doi = "10.1117/12.2080110",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Kessel, {David H.} and Tayyaba Hasan",
booktitle = "Optical Methods for Tumor Treatment and Detection",
}