Reflectance confocal-laser-scanning microscopy in vivo assessments of cigarette-induced dynamic alterations of cutaneous microcirculation on histomorphological level

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 347-350

  Altintas, Mehmet Ali ^a   Altintas, Ahmet Ali ^a,b   Guggenheim, Merlin ^c   Gohritz, Andreas ^a   Meyer Marcotty, Max ^a   Vogt, Peter M ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c Burn Centre   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Dermal capillaries; Histomorphology; Noninvasive imaging

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; CELLS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; REFLECTION; SURFACE ANALYSIS; TOBACCO;

BASELINE VALUES; BLOOD CELLS; BLOOD FLOW; CELL FLOW; DERMAL CAPILLARY; DYNAMIC PROCESS; HISTOMORPHOLOGY; IN-VIVO; NON-INVASIVE IMAGING; REFLECTANCE CONFOCAL-LASER-SCANNING MICROSCOPIES;

MICROCIRCULATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CAPILLARY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN STRUCTURE; SMOKING HABIT;

ADULT; CAPILLARIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63449093532     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20661     Document Type: Article

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