An analytical model of skin: Comparison with experimental results in vivo

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5692, Issue , 2005, Pages 241-254

  Woodward, Ruth M ^a,b  

^a Magdalen Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological; Epidermis; Hydration; Skin cancer; Spectroscopy; Stratum corneum; Terahertz

Indexed keywords

DNA; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; HYDRATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROTEINS; SPECTROSCOPY; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

BIOLOGICAL; EPIDERMIS; SKIN CANCER; STRATUM CORNEUM; TERAHERTZ;

SKIN;

EID: 21844446607     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.597340     Document Type: Conference Paper

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