Title :
Confocal probing of skin during it clearing
Author :
Meglinski, I.V. ; Matcher, S.J. ; Bashkatov, A.N. ; Genina, E.A. ; Tuchin, V.V.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Mech. Eng., Cranfield Univ., UK
Abstract :
The effect of temporal skin tissues clearing produced by diffusion of the osmotically active chemical agents into the skin are studied with confocal probing. Skin tissue optical properties and their changes are presented.
Keywords :
Monte Carlo methods; bio-optics; biodiffusion; light scattering; optical microscopy; osmosis; photon transport theory; ray tracing; skin; transparency; Caucasian type skin; Monte Carlo method; Reticular dermis monitoring; average diffusion coefficient; collagen fibre bundles; confocal probing; diffusion; light scattering; living tissues; osmotically active chemical agents; photon packets; ray-tracing; signal spatial localisation; skin clearing; skin imaging systems; skin optical properties; temporal clearing; transparency; Biomedical optical imaging; Chemicals; Computational modeling; Light scattering; Optical refraction; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Optical variables control; Skin; Sugar;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chiba, Japan
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6738-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.967813
