Skin imaged by femtosecond laser irradition: A risk assessment for in vivo applications

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6191, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Fischer, F ^a   Volkmer, B ^b   Puschmann, S ^a   Greinert, R ^b   Breitbart, W ^b   Kiefer, J ^c   Wepf, R ^a  

^a BEIERSDORF AG   (Germany)

^b Am Krankenhaus 1   (Germany)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Femtosecond laser; In vivo; Microscopy; Multiphoton; Skin

Indexed keywords

IMAGING SYSTEMS; IRRADIATION; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATORS; SKIN;

EPIDERMAL-DERMAL JUNCTIONS; FEMTOSECOND LASERS; IN VIVO; MULTIPHOTONS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 33745129732     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.662600     Document Type: Conference Paper

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