Study of the possibility of increasing the probing depth by the method of reflection confocal microscopy upon immersion clearing of near-surface human skin layers

Quantum Electronics

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 875-882

  Meglinskii, I V ^a,b   Bashkatov, A N ^a   Genina, E A ^a   Churmakov, D Yu ^b   Tuchin, V V ^a  

^a SARATOV STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Immersion induced transparency of biological tissues; Localisation of optical radiation; Monte Carlo method; Optical properties of skin; Probability density of effective optical paths; Reflection confocal microscopy method

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036826035     PISSN: 10637818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1070/QE2002v032n10ABEH002309     Document Type: Article

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