Anti-Stokes fluorescence spectroscopy and imaging for cutaneous porphyrin detection

Porphyrins produced by Propionibacterium acnes represent the principal fluorophore associated with acne, and appear as orange-red luminescence under the Wood’s lamp. Assessment of acne based on Wood’s lamp (UV) or visible (VIS) light illumination is limited by photon penetration depth and has limite...

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Main Author: Tian, Yunxian
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/52082