Gender variations in the optical properties of skin in murine animal models

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Calabro, Katherine ^a   Curtis, Allison ^b   Galarneau, Jean Rene ^b   Krucker, Thomas ^b   Bigio, Irving J ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b NOVARTIS INSTITUTES FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

elastic scattering spectroscopy; gender differences; layers; mouse skin; reflectance

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC SCATTERING SPECTROSCOPY; GENDER DIFFERENCES; LAYERS; MOUSE SKIN; REFLECTANCE;

COLLAGEN; DERMATOLOGY; ELASTIC SCATTERING; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; PHOTONS; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; TISSUE;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; HUMAN; LIGHT; MALE; MOUSE; NUDE MOUSE; PHOTOMETRY; RADIATION SCATTERING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, NUDE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SEX FACTORS; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79955961544     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3525565     Document Type: Article

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