Quantitative method for evaluation of aesthetic results after laser treatment for birthmarks

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1567-1572

  Szychta, Pawel ^a,b   Al Nakib, Khalil ^a   Anderson, Will ^a   Stewart, Ken ^a   Quaba, Awf ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b POLISH MOTHER S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Birthmark; CIELAB; HSV; Objective assessment; PDL; Port wine stain; Pulsed dye laser; Reliability; Validation; Vascular lesion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETICS; EVALUATION RESEARCH; FACE; HUMAN; LASER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; NECK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKIN HEMANGIOMA; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; COLOR; FACE; HUMANS; LASERS, DYE; NECK; PHOTOGRAPHY; PORT-WINE STAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOFTWARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84888205234     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: 1435604X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10103-013-1272-y     Document Type: Article

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