Title: Three-dimensional confocal fluorescence microscopic visualization of the living human skin
Abstract: Three-dimensional confocal visualization of living human skin is a new development in the noninvasive imaging of normal and pathological tissue. I have investigated the autofluorescence of in vivo human skin with a laser scanning confocal microscope. An argon ion laser (488 nm) was used for excitation of the natural fluorescence of skin and a 515 nm cut off filter was used to separate the fluorescence from the excitation light. I found that normal skin has a very high autofluorescence. The laser scanning confocal microscope was used to obtain a stack of serial sections through the skin. A stack of optical sections through the hair follicle was reconstructed as well as the three-dimensional reconstruction of the pores of sweat glands. The ability to obtain two and three-dimensional visualizations of in vivo human skin may provide a new tool for noninvasive diagnostics in dermatology.
Publication Year: 1995
Publication Date: 1995-04-12
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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