OCT analysis of microneedle and Er:YAG surface ablation for enhanced transdermal delivery of hyper-osmotic agents for optical skin clearing

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5319, Issue , 2004, Pages 121-129

  Stumpp, Oliver ^a   Welch, A J ^a   Gill, Harvinder S ^b   Prausnitz, Mark R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidermal modification; Er:YAG laser ablation; Glycerol; Microneedles; Optical coherence tomography; Optical skin clearing; Transdermal drug delivery

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL MODIFICATION; ER:YAG LASER ABLATION; MICRONEEDLES; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY (OCT); OPTICAL SKIN CLEARING; TRANSDERMAL DRUG DELIVERY;

BLOOD VESSELS; COAGULATION; COHERENT LIGHT; DERMATOLOGY; GLYCEROL; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LASER ABLATION; LASER PULSES; TISSUE; TOMOGRAPHY;

SKIN;

EID: 5644239750     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.529504     Document Type: Conference Paper

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