Correlation between a Cutometer® and quantitative evaluation using Moire topography in age-related skin elasticity

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 280-284

  Ahn, Sungyeon ^a   Kim, Seunghun ^a   Lee, Haekwang ^a   Moon, Seongjoon ^a   Chang, Ihseop ^a  

^a AmorePacific Corporation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Age; Cutometer ; Moire; Sensory; Skin elasticity

Indexed keywords

CUTOMETER; MOIRE TOPOGRAPHY;

CORRELATION METHODS; DERMATOLOGY; ELASTICITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; SENSORS; TOPOGRAPHY;

SKIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERFEROMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NORMAL HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN FUNCTION; SKIN TENSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; DERMATOLOGY; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DERMATOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SKIN AGING; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 34447253546     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2007.00224.x     Document Type: Article

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