Imaging of intradermal tattoos by optical coherence tomography

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 444-448

  Morsy, Hanan ^a,c   Mogensen, Mette ^a   Thrane, Lars ^b   Jemec, Gregor B E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c ROSKILDE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Optical coherence tomography; Tattoo

Indexed keywords

LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; PIGMENTS; SCANNING; VISUALIZATION;

INTRADERMAL TATTOOS; PAPILLARY DERMIS;

SKIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IN VIVO STUDY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN PENETRATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN STRUCTURE; TATTOO;

COLORING AGENTS; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; TATTOOING; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 34848920448     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2007.00249.x     Document Type: Article

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