In vivo confocal scanning laser microscopy: Comparison of the reflectance and fluorescence mode by imaging human skin

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Meyer, Lars E ^a   Otberg, Nina ^a   Sterry, Wolfram ^a   Lademann, Juergen ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Fluorescence imaging; Lasers in medicine; Noninvasive imaging; Reflectance imaging; Skin morphology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; EVALUATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REFRACTOMETRY; SKIN; EVALUATION STUDY;

HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; REFRACTOMETRY; SKIN; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

FLUORESCENCE; LASER APPLICATIONS; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SKIN;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; NONIVASIVE IMAGING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 35349012538     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2337294     Document Type: Article

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