Imaging the skin

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-27

  Aspres, Nicholas ^a   Egerton, Ian B ^b   Lim, Adrian C ^c   Shumack, Stephen P ^c,d  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Cutaneous imaging; Digital imaging; Laser Doppler perfusion imaging; Skin photography; Surface microscopy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SKIN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PHOTOGRAPHY; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 0037325490     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0960.2003.00632.x     Document Type: Review

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