Raman spectroscopy: Incorporating the chemical dimension into dermatological diagnosis

Indian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-8

  Sharma, Amit ^a   Sharma, Shruti ^b   Zarrow, Anna ^c   Schwartz, Robert ^d   Lambert, W ^d  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease classification; non invasive diagnostic technology; Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMOMETRIC ANALYSIS; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; HYDRATION; HYPERKERATOSIS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS; SKIN CALCIFICATION; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 85036571982     PISSN: 00195154     EISSN: 19983611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5154.173978     Document Type: Article

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