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ReviewBioMed research international2014

Clinical nonlinear laser imaging of human skin: a review.

Riccardo Cicchi, Dimitrios Kapsokalyvas, Francesco Saverio Pavone

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Review in BioMed research international, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Riccardo CicchiNational Institute of Optics (INO), National Research Council (CNR), Largo E. Fermi 6, 50125 Florence, Italy ; European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy (LENS), University of Florence, Via Nello Carrara 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2583-6694
Dimitrios KapsokalyvasEuropean Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy (LENS), University of Florence, Via Nello Carrara 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5576-2406
Francesco Saverio PavoneNational Institute of Optics (INO), National Research Council (CNR), Largo E. Fermi 6, 50125 Florence, Italy ; European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy (LENS), University of Florence, Via Nello Carrara 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy ; Department of Physics, University of Florence, Via Giovanni Sansone 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nonlinear optical microscopy has the potential of being used in vivo as a noninvasive imaging modality for both epidermal and dermal imaging. This paper reviews the capabilities of nonlinear microscopy as a noninvasive high-resolution tool for clinical skin inspection. In particular, we show that two-photon fluorescence microscopy can be used as a diagnostic tool for characterizing epidermal layers by means of a morphological examination. Additional functional information on the metabolic state of cells can be provided by measuring the fluorescence decay of NADH. This approach allows differentiating epidermal layers having different structural and cytological features and has the potential of diagnosing pathologies in a very early stage. Regarding therapy follow-up, we demonstrate that nonlinear microscopy could be successfully used for monitoring the effect of a treatment. In particular, combined two-photon fluorescence and second-harmonic generation microscopy were used in vivo for monitoring collagen remodeling after microablative fractional laser resurfacing and for quantitatively monitoring psoriasis on the basis of the morphology of epidermal cells and dermal papillae. We believe that the described microscopic modalities could find in the near future a stable place in a clinical dermatological setting for quantitative diagnostic purposes and as a monitoring method for various treatments.

Indexed as

LasersDermoscopyHumansImage EnhancementImaging, Three-DimensionalMicroscopy, Fluorescence, MultiphotonNonlinear DynamicsSkinSkin Diseases

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PMID25250337
PMCPMC4163368

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