EXHIBIT 23.1

            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We  consent  to the  reference  to our  firm  under  the  caption  "Experts"  in
Pre-Effective  Amendment  No.  1 to the  Registration  Statement  (Form  S-2 No.
333-120963)  and related  Prospectus of Miravant  Medical  Technologies  for the
registration  of 75,000 shares of its Common Stock and to the  incorporation  by
reference  therein of our  report  dated  March 16,  2004,  with  respect to the
consolidated  financial statements of Miravant Medical Technologies  included in
its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended  December 31, 2003,  filed with
Securities and Exchange Commission.

                                      /s/     ERNST & YOUNG LLP

January 3, 2005
Woodland Hills, California