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ArticleBiomedical optics express2020

Slide-free clinical imaging of melanin with absolute quantities using label-free third-harmonic-generation enhancement-ratio microscopy.

Chi-Kuang Sun, Pei-Jhe Wu, Sheng-Tse Chen, Yu-Hsiang Su, Ming-Liang Wei, Chiao-Yi Wang, Hao-Cheng Gao, Kung-Bing Sung, Yi-Hua Liao

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Article in Biomedical optics express, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Chi-Kuang SunDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Graduate Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4467-2509
Pei-Jhe WuDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Graduate Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.
Sheng-Tse ChenDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Graduate Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.
Yu-Hsiang SuDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Graduate Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.
Ming-Liang WeiGraduate Institute of Biomedical Electronics and Bioinformatics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.
Chiao-Yi WangGraduate Institute of Biomedical Electronics and Bioinformatics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.
Hao-Cheng GaoDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Graduate Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.
Kung-Bing SungGraduate Institute of Biomedical Electronics and Bioinformatics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.
Yi-Hua LiaoDepartment of Dermatology, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei 10002, Taiwan.
National Taiwan University · TWYu Da University · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The capability to image the 3D distribution of melanin in human skin

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PMID32637238
PMCPMC7316008
OpenAlexW3021632915

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