Treatment of nevus using medical tattooing

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 93-101

  Hata, Jutaro ^a   Shimada, Miho ^b   Yamada, Yukio ^c,d   Uchida, Akiko ^e   Itoh, Masahide ^a   Nakayama, Yoshio ^a   Yatagai, Toyohiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^e Foundation for Advancement of International Science   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomedical optics; Dyschromatosis; Intradermal tattoo; Modified Lambert Beer law; Plastic surgery; Skin color; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

COLOR; DYES; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICS; SKIN; SURGERY; TISSUE;

DYSCHROMATOSIS; INTRADERMAL NEVI; INTRADERMAL TATTOO; LEUKODERMA; MEDICAL TATTOOING; MODIFIED LAMBERT-BEER LAW; PLASTIC SURGERY; SKIN COLOR; SPECTROCOLORIMETER;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

COLORING AGENT;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CASE REPORT; COLORIMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICS; PATHOLOGY; PIGMENTED NEVUS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN TUMOR; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TATTOOING;

COLORIMETRY; COLORING AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; OPTICS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TATTOOING;

EID: 0037266527     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1528596     Document Type: Article

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