Polarization reflectance spectroscopy of the human skin in vivo

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4707, Issue , 2002, Pages 228-235

  Kiseleva, Irina A ^a   Sinichkin, Yuri P ^a   Zimnyakov, Dmitry A ^a  

^a SARATOV STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Blood; Erythema; Imaging; Multiple scattering; Polarized light

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DENSITY (OPTICAL); LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; SKIN; SPECTROSCOPY; TISSUE;

POLARIZATION IMAGING;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0036030802     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.475601     Document Type: Conference Paper

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