Optical properties of human skin

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Lister, Tom ^a,b   Wright, Philip A ^a   Chappell, Paul H ^b  

^a SALISBURY DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

absorption; hemoglobin; melanin; radiative transfer theory; scatter; skin optics

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY FACTOR; HUMAN SKIN; IN-VITRO; MELANIN; NORMAL SKIN; OPTICAL COEFFICIENTS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PHASE FUNCTIONS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER THEORY; SCATTER;

ABSORPTION; HEMOGLOBIN; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SURVEYS;

FACTOR ANALYSIS;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; LIGHT; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; REVIEW;

LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 84870588516     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.17.9.090901     Document Type: Article

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