A survey of the literature is presented that provides an analysis of the optical properties of
human skin, with particular regard to their applications in medicine. Included is a description …

A three-layered skin model (stratum corneum, epidermis, and dermis) and engineering
formulas for radiative transfer theory are used to study absorption spectra and light …

Despite the many years since optical spectra from human skin were first obtained, only
recently have quantitative models of cutaneous optics been applied. This chapter aims to …

Condensed Monte Carlo simulation results have been used for calculating absorption and
reduced scattering coefficients from the literature data on the measured total transmittance …

The current status of tissue optics is reviewed, distinguishing among the cases of dominant
absorption, dominant scattering, and scattering about equal to absorption. Previously …

A theoretical treatment has been developed for the optical properties of a layered structure
which absorbs and scatters light. This theory predicts that the logarithm of the inverse of …

We present results on the retrieval of skin optical properties obtained by fitting of
measurements of the diffuse reflectance of human skin. Reflectance spectra are simulated …

An integrated review of the transfer of optical radiation into human skin is presented, aimed
at developing useful models for photomedicine. The component chromophores of epidermis …

The absorption and transport scattering coefficients of caucasian and negroid dermis,
subdermal fat and muscle have been measured for all wavelengths between 620 and 1000 …

Using a spectrophotometer with an internal integrating sphere, the absorption (μ a) and
reduced scattering (μ s′) coefficients of in vitro epidermis were evaluated from reflectance …