Quantifying the influence of the epidermal optical properties on laser treatment parameters

A E Karsten; A Singh

Medical Laser Applications and Laser-Tissue Interactions VI
SPIE Proceedings (Optica Publishing Group, 2013),
paper 88030J

Quantifying the influence of the epidermal optical properties on laser treatment parameters

A E Karsten and A Singh

European Conference on Biomedical Optics 2013

Munich Germany
12–16 May 2013
ISBN: 9780819496522

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A. E. Karsten and A. Singh, "Quantifying the influence of the epidermal optical properties on laser treatment parameters," in Medical Laser Applications and Laser-Tissue Interactions VI, L. Lilge and R. Sroka, eds., Vol. 8803 of SPIE Proceedings (Optica Publishing Group, 2013), paper 88030J.

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Abstract

Both the thickness and absorption coefficient of the epidermis influence the light transmission through skin. Different skin phototypes were modeled and show a more than 50% reduction in fluence rate for the darker skin phototypes at a depth of 200 μm into the skin.

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