Fluorescent image analysis for evaluating the condition of facial sebaceous follicles

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 201-207

  Son, Taeyoon ^a   Han, Byungkwan ^a   Jung, Byungjo ^a   Nelson, Stuart J ^b  

^a Yonsei University Wonju   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Color segmentation; Fluorescent image; Sebaceous follicle; Sebum; UVA

Indexed keywords

COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; IMAGING SYSTEMS;

COLOR SEGMENTATION; FACIAL SEBACEOUS FOLLICLES; FLUORESCENT IMAGE ANALYSIS;

SKIN;

ACNE; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DIGITAL IMAGING; FACE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SEBACEOUS GLAND DISEASE; SEBUM SECRETION;

COLORIMETRY; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEBACEOUS GLANDS; SEBUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 42449133356     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2007.00279.x     Document Type: Article

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