DocumentCode
3074409
Title
Stratum corneum in vivo water content from TEWL-measurements
Author
Johnsen, Gorm Krogh ; Haugsnes, Anne Berit ; Martinsen, ørjan G. ; Grimnes, Sverre
Author_Institution
Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Norway
fYear
2008
fDate
20-25 Aug. 2008
Firstpage
3166
Lastpage
3169
Abstract
In this paper we present a new pilot-study on the possibility of finding in vivo absolute water content of the stratum corneum (SC) non-invasively. The method is based on measurements of trans-epidermal-water-loss (TEWL) after an occlusion process of the SC. Based on the desorption curves from the occluded skin, estimates of absolute water content of the SC can be made by assuming a similar, but hypothetical, desorption of non-occluded SC.
Keywords
Calibration; Diseases; Epidermis; In vivo; Instruments; Skin; State estimation; Steady-state; Temperature; Testing; Absorption; Algorithms; Body Water; Electric Impedance; Epidermis; Galvanic Skin Response; Humans; Models, Statistical; Models, Theoretical; Pilot Projects; Skin Absorption; Skin Temperature; Temperature; Time Factors;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2008. EMBS 2008. 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location
Vancouver, BC
ISSN
1557-170X
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-1814-5
Electronic_ISBN
1557-170X
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IEMBS.2008.4649876
Filename
4649876
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