Quantitative evaluation of healthy epidermis by means of multiphoton microscopy and fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 295-303

  Benati, Elisa ^a   Bellini, Valerio ^b   Borsari, Stefania ^a   Dunsby, Christopher ^c   Ferrari, Chiara ^a   French, Paul ^c   Guanti, Mario ^a   Guardoli, Davide ^a   Koenig, Karsten ^d   Pellacani, Giovanni ^a   Ponti, Giovanni ^a   Schianchi, Simona ^a   Talbot, Clifford ^c   Seidenari, Stefania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fluorescence lifetime imaging; High resolution imaging; Skin ageing; Skin morphology

Indexed keywords

BASAL CELLS; BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; CELL DENSITY; EPIDERMAL CELLS; FLUORESCENCE DECAYS; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIME IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIME IMAGING MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIMES; HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING; IMAGE CONTRASTS; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; NUCLEUS DIAMETER; QUALITATIVE DATA; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; SHAPE AND SIZE; SUBMICRON RESOLUTION;

CELLS; DECAY (ORGANIC); RATING; TISSUE;

FLUORESCENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL NUCLEUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; EPIDERMIS; EPIDERMIS CELL; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIME IMAGING MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; NORMAL HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN FUNCTION; SKIN STRUCTURE;

FLUORESCENCE LIFETIME IMAGING; HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING; SKIN AGEING; SKIN MORPHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DERMOSCOPY; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN AGING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960326684     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2011.00496.x     Document Type: Article

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