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Modelling Cutaneous Senescence Process

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Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2010 (ICCSA 2010)

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During the last years, skin aging has become an area of increasing research interest. High frequency ultrasound allows the “in vivo” appreciation of certain histological parameters and offers new characteristic markers, which may quantify the severity of the cutaneous senescence process. This paper focuses on measuring the changes in skin thickness and dermis echogenicity , as part of the complex ageing process, on different intervals of age. In particular by using a multiscale approach we will compute some parameters which are connected with complexity (fractal structure) of skin ageing.

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  1. Department of Histology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Iuliu Hatieganu”, Cluj- Napoca, Romania

    Maria Crisan & Diana Crisan

  2. Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Salerno, Italy

    Carlo Cattani

  3. Department of Ultrasonography, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Iuliu Hatieganu” Cluj- Napoca, Romania

    Radu Badea

  4. Faculty of Automation and Computer Science, Department of Computer Science, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania

    Paulina Mitrea & Delia Mitrea

  5. Mira Florea, Family Medicine Department, Internal medicine speciality, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Iuliu Hatieganu” Cluj- Napoca, Romania

    Mira Florea

  6. Clinic of Dermatology, Regional Emergency Hospital , Cluj-Napoca,  

    Razvan Bucur & Gabriela Checiches

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  1. Monash University, Clayton School of Information Technology, VIC 3800, Clayton, Australia

    David Taniar

  2. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Perugia, Via Vanvitelli, 1, 06123, Perugia, Italy

    Osvaldo Gervasi

  3. University of Basilicata, L.I.S.U.T. - D.A.P.I.T., Viale dell’Ateneo Lucano 10, 85100, Potenza, Italy

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  4. Department of Computer Science and Computer Engineeering, LaTrobe University, VIC 3086, Bundoora, Australia

    Eric Pardede

  5. Department of Intelligent Informatics, Kyushu Sangyo University, 813-8503, Fukuoka, Japan

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Crisan, M. et al. (2010). Modelling Cutaneous Senescence Process. In: Taniar, D., Gervasi, O., Murgante, B., Pardede, E., Apduhan, B.O. (eds) Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2010. ICCSA 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6017. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12165-4_18

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