Assessing the risk of skin damage due to femtosecond laser irradiation

Journal of Biophotonics

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 470-477

  Fischer, Frank ^a   Volkmer, Beate ^b   Puschmann, Stefan ^a   Greinert, Rüdiger ^b   Breitbart, Eckhard ^b   Kiefer, Jürgen ^c   Wepf, Roger ^a  

^a BEIERSDORF AG   (Germany)

^b Am Krankenhaus 1   (Germany)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomedical; Femtosecond laser; Multiphoton microscopy; Skin

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODIES; BIOPSY; FEMTOSECOND LASERS; FLUORESCENCE; HIGH POWER LASERS; IRRADIATION; RADIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN;

BIOMEDICAL; FLUORESCENCE STAINING; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODIES; IRRADIATION EFFECT; IRRADIATION REGIME; MULTI-PHOTON MICROSCOPY; MULTIPHOTON IMAGING; NIR LASER IRRADIATION;

PULSED LASERS;

PYRIMIDINE DIMER;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INJURY; LASER; METABOLISM; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN; TIME; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; LASERS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PYRIMIDINE DIMERS; RISK FACTORS; SKIN; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 65449180271     PISSN: 1864063X     EISSN: 18640648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbio.200810050     Document Type: Article

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