Mechanical tissue optical clearing devices: Evaluation of enhanced light penetration in skin using optical coherence tomography

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Drew, Christopher ^a   Milner, Thomas E ^b   Rylander, Christopher G ^c  

^a State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption; Compression; Dehydration; Dermis; Scattering; Transport; Vacuum; Water

Indexed keywords

DERMIS; EX-VIVO; GROUP REFRACTIVE INDEX; IN-VIVO HUMAN SKIN; LIGHT FLUENCE; LIGHT PENETRATION; LIGHT PENETRATION DEPTH; OPTICAL CLEARING; OPTICAL PENETRATION DEPTH; PORCINE SKIN; SKIN SURFACES; SPATIAL POSITIONS; TRANSPORT; VACUUM PRESSURE; WATER CONCENTRATIONS;

REFRACTIVE INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY; VACUUM; VACUUM DEPOSITION;

TISSUE;

SUS;

WATER;

ABSORPTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; SKIN; SWINE; VACUUM;

ABSORPTION; ANIMALS; HUMANS; LIGHT; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SKIN; SWINE; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VACUUM; WATER;

EID: 77950346010     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3268441     Document Type: Article

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