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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University of British Columbia
2015
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/52082 |