Water content and water profiles in skin measured by FTIR and Raman spectroscopy

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4162, Issue , 2000, Pages 39-45

  Lucassen, Gerald W ^a   Caspers, Peter J ^a   Puppels, Gerwin J ^a  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Confocal; Epidermis; Hydration; Non invasive; Stratum corneum; Water

Indexed keywords

CELLS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HYDRATION; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; PROTEINS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; WATER;

EPIDERMIS; RAMAN MICROSPECTROMETER; STRATUM CORNEUM; WATER CONTENT;

SKIN;

EID: 0034587121     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.405921     Document Type: Conference Paper

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