Three-dimensional microscopic biopsy of in vivo human skin: A new technique based on a flexible confocal microscope

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 329-338

  Masters, B R ^a,c   Gonnord, G ^b   Corcuff, P ^b  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b L ORÉAL RECHERCHE   (France)

^c NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer reconstruction; Fourier transform analysis; Human skin; In vivo confocal microscopy; Real time confocal microscopy; Tandem scanning confocal microscopy; Three dimensional imaging

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; VIDEO RECORDING;

COMPUTER RECONSTRUCTION; FOURIER TRANSFORM ANALYSIS; HUMAN SKIN; IN VIVO CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; IN-VIVO; REAL- TIME; REAL-TIME CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; TANDEM SCANNING CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY;

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN;

EID: 0030897810     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1997.d01-624.x     Document Type: Article

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