Sub-epidermal imaging using polarized light spectroscopy for assessment of skin microcirculation

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 472-484

  O'doherty, Jim ^a   Henricson, Joakim ^b   Anderson, Chris ^b   Leahy, Martin J ^a   Nilsson, Gert E ^c,d   Sjöberg, Folke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d WheelsBridge AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biomedical optics; Blanching; Erythema; Microcirculation; Polarizationspectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BLOOD; CELLS; CHROMOPHORES; DIGITAL CAMERAS; MICROCIRCULATION; OPTICS; SPECTROSCOPY;

BLANCHING; ERYTHEMA; POLARIZATION LIGHT SPECTROSCOPY; RED BLOOD CELL;

SKIN;

ACETYLCHOLINE; CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE; NICOTINIC ACID METHYL ESTER;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIGITAL IMAGING; ERYTHEMA; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; IONTOPHORESIS; MICROCIRCULATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OXYGEN SATURATION; POLARIZATION LIGHT SPECTROSCOPY; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SPECTROSCOPY; VASOCONSTRICTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDERMIS; ERYTHEMA; HUMANS; LIGHT; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OPTICS; SKIN; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 34848902395     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2007.00253.x     Document Type: Article

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