1st Edition
Bioengineering of the Skin Methods and Instrumentation, Volume III
Skin bioengineering is an expanding field of investigative and clinical dermatology. This guide describes all commercially available techniques and instruments. It provides a thorough overview of methods for noninvasive investigation of skin function. Commercially available instruments are reviewed and compared, with updated references given for each instrument. This book offers a technical analysis of each instrument, allowing investigators to understand its biophysical principles and to make better purchases of lab instruments. Addresses of manufacturers and worldwide distributors are included, making this an essential reference source.
Chapters are written by international experts. Topics include transepidermal water loss, hydration, the measurement of skin blood flow in Laser-Doppler flowetry, sebum, pH and ions, and transcutaneous pO2 and pO2 measurements. Skin color, roughness, and elasticity are examined in detail. Skin imaging techniques, capillaroscopy, and fluorescence videomicroscopy are described. Instruments for surface microscopy of the skin are also discussed.
Bioengineering of the Skin explains state-of-the-art techniques and is valuable reading for anyone who needs to stay abreast of the latest activities in this ever-changing field.
Hydration, F. Distante and E. Berardesca
Measurement of Skin Blood Flow by Laser-Doppler Flowmetry, L. Bernandi and E. Berardesca
Skin Color, P. Elsner
Introduction
ChromaMeter and Micro Color
DermaSpectrometer and Erythema Meter
Roughness, U. Müller
Skin Elasticity, P. Elsner
Introduction
Cutometer SEM 474
DPE System
Dermaflex A.
Skin Imaging Techniques, J. Serup
Sebum, P. Elsner
Introduction
Sebumeter
Sebutapes
pH and Ions, J. Welzel
Transcutaneous pO2 and pO2 Measurements, S. Roszinski
Instruments for Surface Microscopy of the Skin, J.F. Kreusch
Capillaroscopy and Fluorescence Videomicroscopy, M. Junger, M. Hahn, T. Klyscz, and M.F. Jung
Biography
Enzo Berardesca, Peter Elsner, Klaus-Peter Wilhelm and Howard I. Maibach