Skin melanin, hemoglobin, and light scattering properties can be quantitatively assessed in vivo using diffuse reflectance spectroscopy

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1452-1457

  Zonios, George ^a   Bykowski, Julie ^a   Kollias, Nikiforos ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Hemoglobin; Melanin; Optical properties; Reflectance; Scattering

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; MELANIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FIBER OPTICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; LIGHT; LIGHT SCATTERING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SKIN;

EID: 0035678589     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0022-202x.2001.01577.x     Document Type: Article

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