Comparison of histometric data obtained by optical coherence tomography and routine histology

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Gambichler, Thilo ^a   Boms, Stefanie ^a   Stücker, Markus ^a   Kreuter, Alexander ^a   Sand, Michael ^a   Moussa, Georg ^a   Altmeyer, Peter ^a   Hoffmann, Klaus ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioengineering; Epidermal thickness; Histopathology; Interferometry; Noninvasive skin imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EPIDERMIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

BIOPSY; EPIDERMIS; HISTOCYTOLOGICAL PREPARATION TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CORRELATION METHODS; HISTOLOGY; INTERFEROMETRY; MEDICAL IMAGING; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; SKIN;

EPIDERMAL THICKNESS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONINVASIVE SKIN IMAGING; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY;

TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 27744492183     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2039086     Document Type: Article

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