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Title: Study of diffusion of indocyanine green as a photodynamic dye into skin using backscattering spectroscopy

Journal Article · · Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.)
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  1. N.G. Chernyshevsky Saratov State University, Saratov (Russian Federation)

One of the lines of development of modern medicine is theranostics consisting in simultaneous diagnosis and laser treatment with the use of multifunctional agents such as fluorescent indocyanine green that has photodynamic and photothermal properties. Diffusion of indocyanine green dissolved in water and aqueous solutions of alcohols (glycerol, propylene glycol and ethanol) into the dermis is studied by using backscattering spectroscopy. The coefficients of the dye diffusion into the dermis are obtained for the first time by using these solvents. (laser biophotonics)

OSTI ID:
22395845
Journal Information:
Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.), Vol. 44, Issue 7; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1063-7818
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English