In vivo study of age-related changes in the optical properties of the skin

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 269-274

  Calin, Mihaela Antonina ^a   Parasca, S V ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR OPTOELECTRONICS INOE 2000   (Romania)

^b Clinical Hospital for Plastic Surgery and Burns   (Romania)

Author keywords

Age; Diffuse reflectance; Elbow; Knee; Kramers Kronig analysis; Optical properties; Skin; Wrist

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELBOW; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; KNEE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; WRIST; ADOLESCENT; AGING; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; HISTOLOGY; LASER; LIGHT; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; SKIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; HUMANS; LASERS; LIGHT; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICAL PHENOMENA; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949687631     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10103-009-0725-9     Document Type: Article

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