Multi-photon excitation microscopy and confocal microscopy imaging of in vivo human skin: A comparison

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 282-289

  Masters, Barry R ^a,c   So, Peter T C ^b  

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

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c Apt 726 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Human skin; In vivo microscopy; Multi photon excitation microscopy; Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (reduced form) functional imaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033450351     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927699990311     Document Type: Article

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