Millimeter wave reflectivity used for measurement of skin hydration with different moisturizers

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 390-396

  Alekseev, S I ^a   Szabo, I ^a   Ziskin, M C ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Moisturizers; Skin permittivity; Water loss

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; DEWATERING; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; GLYCEROL; HYDRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES; PERMITTIVITY; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; SKIN; WATER TREATMENT;

BASELINE VALUES; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; FREE WATERS; HUMAN SKINS; INVASIVE METHODS; MILLIMETER-WAVE; MM-WAVE; MOISTURIZERS; PERMITTIVITY VALUES; PETROLEUM JELLIES; PURE WATERS; REFLECTION DATUM; REFLECTOMETRY; SENSITIVE TECHNIQUES; SKIN HYDRATIONS; SKIN LAYERS; SKIN MODELS; STRATUM CORNEUM; WATER LOSS;

WATER CONTENT;

GLYCEROL; PETROLATUM; WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND PALM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDRATION; LOTION; MALE; MILLIMETER WAVE REFLECTOMETRY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN PERMEABILITY; SKIN SURFACE; STRATUM CORNEUM; WATER CONTENT; WATER RETENTION;

BODY WATER; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROWAVES; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOMETRY; SKIN; SKIN ABSORPTION; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY; WATER;

EID: 54049155737     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2008.00319.x     Document Type: Article

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