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Spectral analysis of skin
Definition
Skin spectroscopy is the study of interaction between radiation and human skin, as a function of wavelength. The human skin has a complicated multilayered structure, and each layer is composed of different chemical substances. The determination of the interaction can be made by measuring the reflectance property of the skin.
Introduction
The interaction between electromagnetic radiation and matter at various wavelengths can be used to reveal the structure of matter. The study of this interaction is named as spectroscopy. Since the composition of the object has different response under different radiation, when the surface of an object is illuminated by the radiation with different wavelength, the reflectance will vary as well.
The study of skin spectroscopy originated in the field of photobiology, which has tens of years history. From the reflectance of skin under the radiation of some wavelength, clinicians can obtain the composition of...
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Yi, D., Yang, W., Li, S.Z. (2015). Skin Spectroscopy. In: Li, S.Z., Jain, A.K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Biometrics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7488-4_1027
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