Using sandpaper for noninvasive transepidermal optical skin clearing agent delivery

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Stumpp, O ^a   Chen, B ^a   Welch, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dextrose; Glycerol; Optical coherence tomography; Optical skin clearing; Sandpaper; Transepidermal

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; DEXTROSE; GLYCEROL; LIGHT SCATTERING; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SKIN; TOMOGRAPHY;

OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRPAHY; OPTICAL SKIN CLEARING; SANDPAPER; TRANSEPIDERMAL;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

CRICETINAE;

DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDERMIS; HAMSTER; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN ABSORPTION; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; DEBRIDEMENT; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; EPIDERMIS; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; LIGHT; MESOCRICETUS; SKIN ABSORPTION; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 33751349068     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2340658     Document Type: Article

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