Optical coherence tomography in dermatology: Technical and clinical aspects

Archives of Dermatological Research

Volumn 303, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 457-473

  Gambichler, Thilo ^a   Jaedicke, Volker ^a   Terras, Sarah ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dermatology; Histology; Interferometry; Optical coherence tomography; Skin imaging

Indexed keywords

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BLISTER; BURN; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DERMIS; DERMOEPIDERMAL JUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPIDERMIS; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFRARED RADIATION; INTERFEROMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; REVIEW; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN STRUCTURE; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SWEAT GLAND; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; WOUND HEALING;

DERMATOLOGY; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 80053564101     PISSN: 03403696     EISSN: 1432069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00403-011-1152-x     Document Type: Review

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