Delta-ALA-assisted fluorescence detection of cancer in the urinary bladder

Reinhold Baumgartner; M. Kriegmair; Ruth Knuechel; Herbert G. Stepp; Peter Heil; Alfons G. Hofstetter

doi:10.1117/12.166812

15 January 1994 Delta-ALA-assisted fluorescence detection of cancer in the urinary bladder

Reinhold Baumgartner, M. Kriegmair, Ruth Knuechel, Herbert G. Stepp, Peter Heil, Alfons G. Hofstetter

Proceedings Volume 2081, Optical Biopsy; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.166812
Event: Europto Biomedical Optics '93, 1993, Budapest, Hungary

Abstract

Visualization of early stage bladder cancer is considerably improved using Delta-Aminolevulinic acid (ALA) as tumor marking agent. This is due to an intracellular accumulation of fluorescing Protoporphyrin IX in tissue following intravesical installation of ALA in a pH-neutral solution.

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Reinhold Baumgartner, M. Kriegmair, Ruth Knuechel, Herbert G. Stepp, Peter Heil, and Alfons G. Hofstetter "Delta-ALA-assisted fluorescence detection of cancer in the urinary bladder", Proc. SPIE 2081, Optical Biopsy, (15 January 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.166812

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