High-Resolution Ultrasound Imaging of Human Skin In Vivo by Using Three-Dimensional Ultrasound Microscopy

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1833-1838

  Kumagai, Kazutoshi ^a   Koike, Hideyuki ^a   Nagaoka, Ryo ^a   Sakai, Shingo ^b   Kobayashi, Kazuto ^c   Saijo, Yoshifumi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kanebo Cosmetics Inc   (Japan)

^c HONDA ELECTRONICS CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

High frequency ultrasound; Human skin; Sebaceous gland; Three dimensional

Indexed keywords

3-D ULTRASOUND; B-MODE IMAGES; CENTRAL FREQUENCY; DEEP LAYER; ELECTRIC PULSE; HAIR FOLLICLES; HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUNDS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; HIGH-FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND IMAGING; HUMAN SKIN; HUMAN SKIN IN VIVO; OPTICAL METHODS; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE TRANSDUCERS; RECONSTRUCTED IMAGE; REGION OF INTEREST; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SKIN CANCERS; SKIN STRUCTURE; SKIN SURFACES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) ULTRASOUND; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

MORPHOLOGY; SKIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE;

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPE; MORPHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SEMICONDUCTOR; SKIN; SKIN STRUCTURE; SKIN SURFACE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL ULTRASOUND MICROSCOPE; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ADULT; DERMOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN;

EID: 84865759032     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2012.05.012     Document Type: Article

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