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Biophotonic technologies for non-invasive assessment of skin condition and blood microcirculation

Latvian Journal of Physics and Technical Sciences

Volume 49 (2012): Issue 5 (October 2012)

By: J. Spigulis

Open Access

|Nov 2012

Abstract

The main results obtained at the author’s laboratory over the recent five years with respect to optical in-vivo skin assessment are reviewed. The exploited optical properties of human skin are briefly regarded, with following description of the newly developed methods and prototype devices. In particular, six non-invasive diagnostic and monitoring technologies based on skin autofluorescence photobleaching, diffuse reflectance spectrometry, multispectral skin imaging, and remission photoplethysmography have been proposed, experimentally implemented, and clinically tested.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10047-012-0028-y | Journal eISSN: 2255-8896 | Journal ISSN: 0868-8257

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Language: English

Page range: 63 - 80

Published on: Nov 23, 2012

Published by: Institute of Physical Energetics

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Publication frequency: 6 issues per year

Keywords:

distant skin assessment,

skin fluorescence,

skin chromophoremapping,

photoplethysmography.

Related subjects:

Technical and applied physics

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