In vitro study of ultrasound and different-concentration glycerol-induced changes in human skin optical attenuation assessed with optical coherence tomography

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Zhong, Huiqing ^a   Guo, Zhouyi ^a   Wei, Huajiang ^a   Zeng, Changchun ^a   Xiong, Honglian ^a   He, Yonghong ^b   Liu, Songhao ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Attenuation coefficient; Glycerol; Optical attenuation; Optical skin clearing; Skin; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; ENHANCEMENT EFFECTS; HUMAN SKIN; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO HUMAN SKIN; LIGHT IMAGING; OPTICAL ATTENUATION; OPTICAL CLEARING; OPTICAL SKIN CLEARING; PORCINE SKIN; SKIN TISSUE; SONOPHORESIS; TOPICAL APPLICATION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; GLYCEROL; SKIN; TISSUE; TOMOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONICS;

SUS;

GLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; HUMAN; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION SCATTERING; SKIN; ULTRASOUND;

GLYCEROL; HUMANS; LIGHT; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 79955426570     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3432750     Document Type: Article

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