TY - JOUR
T1 - Innovative light sources for phototherapy
AU - Nonell Marrugat, Santiago
AU - Romano, Giovanni
AU - Insero, Giacomo
AU - Fusi, Franco
N1 - Romano, G.; Insero,G.; Nonell, S.; Fusi, F.
© 2022 Giovanni Romano et al., published by De Gruyter.
Funding information: This work was supported by the projects “Device endoscopico per fototerapia antibatterica intragastrica” and “Terapia fotodinamica contro il batterio pseudomonas Savastanoi agente della rogna dell’olivo” by Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze. This research project is also funded by the Tuscany Region, through the “Suppression of Airborne Viral Epidemic Spread by Ultraviolet light barriers” (SAVES US) project and by the project “Light4Lungs” H2020-FETOPEN-2018-2020, grant agreement no. 863102.
PY - 2022/5/23
Y1 - 2022/5/23
N2 - The use of light for therapeutic purposes dates back to ancient Egypt, where the sun itself was an innovative source, probably used for the first time to heal skin diseases. Since then, technical innovation and advancement in medical sciences have produced newer and more sophisticated solutions for light-emitting sources and their applications in medicine. Starting from a brief historical introduction, the concept of innovation in light sources is discussed and analysed, first from a technical point of view and then in the light of their fitness to improve existing therapeutic protocols or propose new ones. If it is true that a pure" technical advancement is a good reason for innovation, only a sub-system of those advancements is innovative for phototherapy. To illustrate this concept, the most representative examples of innovative light sources are presented and discussed, both from a technical point of view and from the perspective of their diffusion and applications in the clinical field."
AB - The use of light for therapeutic purposes dates back to ancient Egypt, where the sun itself was an innovative source, probably used for the first time to heal skin diseases. Since then, technical innovation and advancement in medical sciences have produced newer and more sophisticated solutions for light-emitting sources and their applications in medicine. Starting from a brief historical introduction, the concept of innovation in light sources is discussed and analysed, first from a technical point of view and then in the light of their fitness to improve existing therapeutic protocols or propose new ones. If it is true that a pure" technical advancement is a good reason for innovation, only a sub-system of those advancements is innovative for phototherapy. To illustrate this concept, the most representative examples of innovative light sources are presented and discussed, both from a technical point of view and from the perspective of their diffusion and applications in the clinical field."
KW - light source
KW - phototherapy
KW - innovation
KW - photodynamic therapy
KW - photomedicine
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UR - http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14342/4477
U2 - 10.1515/bmc-2022-0020
DO - 10.1515/bmc-2022-0020
M3 - Article
SN - 1868-503X
VL - 13
SP - 256
EP - 271
JO - Biomolecular Concepts
JF - Biomolecular Concepts
IS - 1
ER -
