Light scattering spectroscopy of human skin in vivo

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1256-1267

  Zonios, George ^a   Dimou, Aikaterini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL CONSTANTS; OPTICS;

CAUCASIAN SUBJECTS; HUMAN SKIN IN VIVO; LIGHT SCATTERING SPECTROSCOPY; POWER-LAW DEPENDENCES; REDUCED SCATTERING COEFFICIENTS; SCATTERING INTENSITY; SCATTERING PROPERTY; STATISTICAL VARIATIONS;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; HUMAN; LIGHT; MELANOCYTE; NEVUS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SCATTERING; SPECTROSCOPY;

ADULT; DIFFUSION; HUMANS; LIGHT; MELANOCYTES; NEVUS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 59749099710     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.001256     Document Type: Article

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