An innovative method to measure skin pigmentation

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 224-229

  Masuda, Yuji ^a   Yamashita, Toyonobu ^a   Hirao, Tetsuji ^a   Takahashi, Motoji ^a  

^a SHISEIDO RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Erythema; Melanin; Pigmentation; Spectrophotometer

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION OF; COSMETIC SCIENCE; EPIDERMAL MELANINS; ERYTHEMA; INNOVATIVE METHODS; LAMBERT-BEER LAWS; LINEAR SUMMATIONS; MELANIN; MULTIPLE CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NON-INVASIVE; PIGMENTATION; PRECISE METHODS; REFLECTION SPECTRUM; SKIN MELANINS; SKIN PIGMENTATIONS; SPECTRUM RESOLUTIONS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; UV IRRADIATIONS;

ABSORPTION; BEVERAGES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FORESTRY; HEMOGLOBIN; IRRADIATION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; METAL ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKIN; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

HEMOGLOBIN; MELANIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRRADIATION; METHODOLOGY; SKIN ABSORPTION; SKIN COLOR; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN SURFACE; SPECTROPHOTOMETER; SPECTRUM RESOLUTION METHOD; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER IMMERSION;

ALGORITHMS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MELANINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 65249128578     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2009.00359.x     Document Type: Article

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