In vivo fluorescence spectroscopy of the human skin: Experiments and models

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 201-211

  Sinichkin, Yu P ^a   Utz, S R ^b   Mavliutov, A H ^a   Pilipenko, H A ^a  

^a SARATOV STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b Inst of Rural Hyg/Occup Diseases   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Autofluorescence; Blood; Erythema; Melanin; Monte Carlo modeling; Pressure; Skin

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; FLUORESCENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PIGMENTS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AUTOFLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MELANIN;

SKIN;

EID: 0032050638     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.429876     Document Type: Article

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