Comparison of narrow-band reflectance spectrophotometric and tristimulus colorimetric measurements of skin color: Twenty-three anatomical sites evaluated by the dermaspectrometer® and the chroma meter CR-200®

Skin Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 217-225

  Takiwaki, Hirotsugu ^a   Overgaard, Lina ^b   Serup, Jørgen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anatomical site; Body region; CIE system; Color; Colorimetry; Erythema index; Melanin index; Quantification; Spectrophotometry; Tristimulus analysis

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; FACE; FOOT SOLE; HAND PALM; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTOMETRY; SKIN COLOR; TRUNK;

ADULT; COLORIMETRY; ERYTHEMA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; MALE; MELANINS; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 0028330111     PISSN: 16605527     EISSN: 16605535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000211297     Document Type: Article

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