Collagen birefringence in skin repair in response to red polarized-laser therapy

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  De Fátima Teixeira Da Silva, Daniela ^a   De Campos Vidal, Benedicto ^b   Zezell, Denise Maria ^a   Zorn, Telma Maria Tenório ^a   Núñez, Silvia Cristina ^c   Ribeiro, Martha Simões ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Burn; Collagen; Laser; Polarization; Skin

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; COLLAGEN; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SKIN; TISSUE;

OPTICAL PATH DIFFERENCE (OPD); POLARIZED-LASER THERAPY; SKIN REPAIR;

DERMATOLOGY;

COLLAGEN;

ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; BURN; CHEMISTRY; COLOR; INJURY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; SCAR; SKIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WOUND HEALING;

BIREFRINGENCE; BURNS; CICATRIX; COLLAGEN; COLOR; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; SKIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84894160604     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2187418     Document Type: Article

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