In vivo virtual biopsy of human skin by using noninvasive higher harmonic generation microscopy

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 478-492

  Chen, Szu Yu ^a   Chen, Shee Uan ^b   Wu, Hai Yin ^a,c   Lee, Wen Jeng ^a,b   Liao, Yi Hua ^b,d   Sun, Chi Kuang ^a,e  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e RESEARCH CENTER FOR APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biomedical optical imaging; Harmonic generation; Microscopy; Nonlinear optics

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL OPTICAL IMAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DAMAGE EVALUATION; EX-VIVO; HARMONIC GENERATION MICROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGHER HARMONICS; HUMAN SKIN; IN-VIVO; MELANOCYTIC LESION; MOLECULAR IMAGES; NON-INVASIVE DIAGNOSIS; RESONANCE ENHANCEMENT; SKIN DISEASE; THIRD-HARMONIC GENERATION;

BIOPSY; DERMATOLOGY; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HARMONIC GENERATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL IMAGE STORAGE; OPTICAL MATERIALS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 77953288659     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2009.2031987     Document Type: Article

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