Assembly of a PDT device with a near-infrared fluorescence monitoring of PpIX during treatment

Author(s)

Garcia, Marlon R. ; Pratavieira, Sebastiao ; Moriyama, Lilian T. ; Kurachi, Cristina ; Magalhaes, Daniel V. ; Kessel, DH ; Hasan, T

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: OPTICAL METHODS FOR TUMOR TREATMENT AND DETECTION: MECHANISMS AND TECHNIQUES IN PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY XXVIII; v. 10860, p. 7-pg., 2019-01-01.

Abstract

This paper describes the assembly and characterization of a system to treat and monitor ALA-based photodynamic therapy, using near-infrared fluorescence images for photosensitizer monitoring. The system is portable, user friendly and low cost, using a diode laser emitting at 633 nm as treatment light, capable to delivery up to 150 mW/cm(2) at the lesion surface. The PpIX fluorescence is excited by the treatment light itself, and detected by camera in real-time. Since the excitation and emission wavelengths are in the red-NIR spectral regions, the penetration into the skin is improved and the volume measured by the fluorescence images is larger when compared to the widely used violet excitation. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 13/07276-1 - CEPOF - Optics and Photonic Research Center
• Grantee: Vanderlei Salvador Bagnato
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Research, Innovation and Dissemination Centers - RIDC
• FAPESP's process: 14/50857-8 - National Institute in Basic Optics and Applied to Life Sciences
• Grantee: Vanderlei Salvador Bagnato
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants