Publications by Filippo Piffaretti

Correlation between Protoporphyrin IX Fluorescence Intensity, Photobleaching, Pain and Clinical Outcome of Actinic Keratosis Treated by Photodynamic Therapy

Hubert van den Bergh, Georges Wagnières, Matthieu Philippe Emmanuel Zellweger, Filippo Piffaretti, Jérôme Barge

Background: Photodynamic therapy (PDT) with Metvix® is a good therapeutic option to treat actinic keratosis, but it presents drawbacks (pain, lesion recurrences, heterogeneous outcome), emphasizing the possible need to individualize treatment. Objective: W ...

Karger2013

Reflectance imaging of the human retina at 810 nm does not suffice to optimize the parameters of hydrodynamic rebalancing laser treatment

Georges Wagnières, Matthieu Philippe Emmanuel Zellweger, Filippo Piffaretti

The hydrodynamic rebalancing laser (HRL) procedure is an ophthalmic therapy based on the administration of subthreshold infrared (810 nm) laser light to selected areas on the retina to treat various retina diseases. Heterogeneities of tissue response are o ...

SPIE Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers2012

Real-time, in vivo measurement of tissular pO(2) through the delayed fluorescence of endogenous protoporphyrin IX during photodynamic therapy

Hubert van den Bergh, Georges Wagnières, Filippo Piffaretti, Cédric Xavier Paulou, Patrycja Nowak-Sliwinska, Anna Maria Novello

Tissular oxygen concentration plays a key role during photodynamic therapy (PDT). Therefore, monitoring its local oxygen partial pressure (pO(2)) may help predict and/or control the outcome of a PDT treatment. The first real-time, in vivo measurements of t ...

SPIE Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers2012

Optical fiber-based setup for in vivo measurement of the delayed fluorescence lifetime of oxygen sensors

Hubert van den Bergh, Georges Wagnières, Filippo Piffaretti

A new optical-fiber-based spectrofluorometer for in vivo or in vitro detection of delayed fluorescence is presented and characterized. This compact setup is designed so that it can be readily adapted for future clinical use. Optical excitation is done with ...

SPIE Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers2011

Development of Minimally-Invasive Optical Methods to Individualize the Doses Used for Therapeutic Applications of Light

Filippo Piffaretti

Despite the experience gained over several decades in various types of light-based medical treatments, the optimization of the corresponding therapeutic protocols and accurate forecasting of their outcome have not yet been achieved in many cases. The diffi ...

EPFL2010