Chapter 33 Singlet Oxygen Dosimetry in Biological Media

Explicit, implicit, and direct singlet-oxygen dosimetry metrics are derived and presented. The relative strengths and weaknesses of each of the techniques are discussed and compared. The difficulties associated with calculating an absolute singlet-oxygen dose (regardless of metric used) are examined. The influence of oxygen concentration on each of the metrics is explored and optical techniques to monitor oxygen concentration in close proximity …