@inproceedings{3ce3839707e240f195a5aa725f42406f,
title = "Singlet oxygen dosimetry modeling for photodynamic therapy",
abstract = "Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an important treatment modality for cancer and other localized diseases. In addition to PDT dose, singlet oxygen ( 1O 2) concentration is used as an explicit PDT dosimetry quantity, because 1O 2 is the major cytotoxic agent in photodynamic therapy, and the reaction between 1O 2 and tumor tissues/cells determines the treatment efficacy. 1O 2 concentration can be obtained by the PDT model, which includes diffusion equation for the light transport in tissue and macroscopic kinetic equations for the generation of the singlet oxygen. This model was implemented using finite-element method (FEM) by COMSOL. In the kinetic equations, 5 photo-physiological parameters were determined explicitly to predict the generation of 1O 2. The singlet oxygen concentration profile was calculated iteratively by comparing the model with the measurements based on mice experiments, to obtain the apparent reacted 1O 2 concentration as an explicit PDT dosimetry quantity. Two photosensitizers including Photofrin and BPD Verteporfin, were tested using this model to determine their photo-physiological parameters and the reacted 1O 2 concentrations.",
keywords = "Photodynamic therapy, Photosensitizer, Singlet oxygen concentration",
author = "Xing Liang and Wang, {Ken Kang Hsin} and Zhu, {Timothy C.}",
year = "2012",
doi = "10.1117/12.908317",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9780819488534",
series = "Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE",
booktitle = "Optical Methods for Tumor Treatment and Detection",
note = "Optical Methods for Tumor Treatment and Detection: Mechanisms and Techniques in Photodynamic Therapy XXI ; Conference date: 21-01-2012 Through 22-01-2012",
}