Comparison between ultrasonography (Dermascan C version 3) and transparency profilometry (Skin Visiometer SV600)

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 8-12

  Lee, H K ^a   Seo, Y K ^a   Baek, J H ^a   Koh, J S ^a  

^a Dermapro Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dermal intensity; Dermal thickness; Skin roughness; Wrinkle

Indexed keywords

PROFILOMETRY; SKIN; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TRANSPARENCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

HIGH-FREQUENCY ULTRASONOGRAPHY; SKIN SMOOTHNESS; ULTRASONIC DISPLAY EQUIPMENT;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KOREA; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN ULTRASONOGRAPHY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSPARENCY PROFILOMETRY; WRINKLE;

ADULT; DERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; SILICONE GELS; SKIN; SKIN AGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 38349150914     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2007.00257.x     Document Type: Article

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