• DocumentCode
    2654009
  • Title

    Optical Biopsy of Human Skin with Backward-Collected Optical Harmonics Signals

  • Author

    Tai, Shih-Peng ; Tsai, Tsung-Han ; Lee, Wen-Jeng ; Huang, Hsin-Yi ; Liao, Yi-Hua ; Zhan, Kenneth Yi-Jie ; Liu, Hsiang-Lin ; Sun, Chi-Kuang

  • Author_Institution
    Graduate Inst. of Electro-Opt. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    27-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    1645
  • Lastpage
    1647
  • Abstract
    Combining backward-collected second- and third-harmonic signals, noninvasive optical biopsy of human skin is demonstrated. With backward collection geometry and energy-conservation characteristic of harmonic generations, this technique is ideal for future noninvasive clinical skin disease diagnosis
  • Keywords
    biomedical optical imaging; diseases; optical harmonic generation; optical microscopy; skin; backward collection geometry; backward-collected optical harmonics signal; energy-conservation characteristics; human skin; noninvasive clinical skin disease diagnosis; noninvasive optical biopsy; optical harmonic generation; Biomedical optical imaging; Biopsy; Humans; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical harmonic generation; Optical microscopy; Optical scattering; Skin; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-796-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2005.1549235
  • Filename
    1549235