Cutaneous melanin exhibiting fluorescence emission under near-infrared light excitation

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Huang, Zhiwei ^a,c   Zeng, Haishan ^a   Hamzavi, Iltefat ^b   Alajlan, Abdulmajeed ^b   Tan, Eileen ^b   McLean, David I ^b   Lui, Harvey ^b  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

In vivo diagnosis; Melanin; Near infrared fluorescence; Skin; Tissue spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; FIBER OPTICS; FLUORESCENCE; PIGMENTS; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TISSUE;

IN VIVO DIAGNOSIS; MELANIN; NEAR-INFRARED FLUORESCENCE; TISSUE SPECTROSCOPY;

SKIN;

ANIMALIA; AVES; SEPIA;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MELANIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAT; CUTTLEFISH; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; LUMINESCENCE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PIGMENT DISORDER; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MELANINS; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPIA; SKIN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED;

EID: 33646194255     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2204007     Document Type: Article

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