Approaches for optimizing the calibration standard of Tewameter TM 300

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 904-912

  Miteva, Maria ^a   Richter, Stefan ^b   Elsner, Peter ^a   Fluhr, Joachim W ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b Research and Development Department   (Germany)

Author keywords

Air circulation; Ambient conditions; Barrier function; Calibration; Probe preheating; Skin simulator; Transepidermal water loss

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRAVIMETRY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MECHANICAL PROBE; MICROCLIMATE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSOR; SIMULATION; SKIN WATER LOSS; STEADY STATE;

AIR; ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; DERMATOLOGY; EPIDERMIS; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; WATER; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE;

EID: 33749179054     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: 16000625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2006.00482.x     Document Type: Article

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