Title :
Harmonics optical biopsy of human skin
Author :
Shih-Peng Tai ; Tsai, Tsung-Han ; Lee, Wen-Jeng ; Shi-Wei Ghu ; Huang, Hsin-Yi ; Liao, Yi-Hua ; Sun, Chi-Kung
Author_Institution :
Graduate Inst. of Electro-Opt. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract :
Avoiding the in-focus photodamage and phototoxicity problem of two-photon-fluorescence excitation, noninvasive harmonics optical biopsy of human skin is demonstrated based on a 1200-1300-nm femtosecond light source.
Keywords :
bio-optics; biomedical optical imaging; fluorescence; high-speed optical techniques; laser applications in medicine; optical harmonic generation; skin; two-photon processes; 1200 to 1300 nm; femtosecond light source; harmonics optical biopsy; human skin; infocus photodamage; noninvasive optical biopsy; phototoxicity problem; second harmonic generation; two-photon-fluorescence excitation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
