Raman spectroscopic analysis of human skin tissue sections ex-vivo: Evaluation of the effects of tissue processing and dewaxing

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Ali, Syed M ^a   Bonnier, Franck ^a   Tfayli, Ali ^b   Lambkin, Helen ^a   Flynn, Kathleen ^a   McDonagh, Vincent ^c   Healy, Claragh ^c   Clive Lee, T ^c   Lyng, Fiona M ^a   Byrne, Hugh J ^a  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^b University Paris Saclay   (France)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

biochemical analysis; collagen; hand; human skin tissue; K means cluster analysis; keratinocytes; lipids; melanin; Raman spectroscopy; thigh; tissue dewaxing; wound healing

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HAND; HUMAN SKIN; K-MEANS CLUSTER ANALYSIS; KERATINOCYTES; THIGH; WOUND HEALING;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLLAGEN; DEWAXING; LIPIDS; MELANIN; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

TISSUE;

LIPID; PARAFFIN;

AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; KERATINOCYTE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SKIN; STANDARD; THIGH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; LIPIDS; MALE; PARAFFIN; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; SKIN; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; THIGH;

EID: 84875810722     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.18.6.061202     Document Type: Article

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