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Chapter and Conference Paper
Can ICA Help Classify Skin Cancer and Benign Lesions?
Various neural network models for the identification and classification of different skin lesions from ALA-induced fluorescence images are presented. After different image preprocessing steps, eigenimages and ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Photodynamic Therapy of Skin Cancers: A New Therapeutic Alternative?
A photodynamic reaction is the excitation of a photosensitizer, mainly porphyrin derivatives, by visible light emitted by lamps or lasers in the presence of oxygen resulting in the generation of reactive oxyge...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Current Evidence on a Pathophysiological Function of Leukocyte/Endothelial Interactions in Cerebral Ischemia
Accumulation of leukocytes, particularly of polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMNLs), is considered as an important response in tissue injury or infection. Recent investigations in a variety of organs, such as bo...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Leukocyte/Endothelial Interactions and Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability in Rats During Cerebral Superfusion with LTB4
The experimental study analyses the vasomotor response (change of diameter of pial arterioles and venules), and blood-brain barrier function of the pia-arachnoidea at the rat brain surface before, during and a...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
White Blood Cell Behavior in the Cerebral Microcirculation
The role of white blood cells in acute cerebral disorders such as ischemia, stroke, or inflammation is not understood. Activated neutrophils might be involved, for example, in damage to the cerebrovascular end...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Effect of Stimulation of Leukocyte Chemotaxis by fMLP on White Blood Cell Behaviour in the Microcirculation of Rat Brain
The role of white blood cells in acute cerebral disorders such as ischemia or stroke is still unclear. Therefore, in the present study we investigated the effects of the leukotaxin n-formyl-methionyl-leucylphe...