In vivo harmonic generation biopsy of human skin

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Chen, Szu Yu ^a   Wu, Hai Yin ^a   Sun, Chi Kuang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dermatology; Harmonic generation microscopy; High penetrability; High resolution; Human skin; In vivo; Noninvasive

Indexed keywords

HARMONIC GENERATION MICROSCOPY; HIGH PENETRABILITY; HIGH RESOLUTION; HUMAN SKIN; IN VIVO; NONINVASIVE;

BIOPSY; DERMATOLOGY; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; TISSUE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

HARMONIC GENERATION;

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; BIOPSY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SKIN; SKIN DISEASE;

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 77950264811     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3269676     Document Type: Article

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