Probing elastic anisotropy of human skin in vivo with light using non-contact acoustic micro-tapping OCE and polarization sensitive OCT

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 3963 - 17
• Main Authors: Kirby, Mitchell A., Tang, Peijun, Liou, Hong-Cin, Kuriakose, Maju, Pitre, John J., Pham, Tam N., Ettinger, Russell E., Wang, Ruikang K., O’Donnell, Matthew, Pelivanov, Ivan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 10.03.2022; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/1647/245/1859; 631/1647/245/2226; 639/624/1107/510; 639/766/930/2735; Abrasion; Acoustics; Angiography; Anisotropy; Body temperature; Elastic properties; Elasticity; Elasticity Imaging Techniques - methods; Forearm; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Hydration; multidisciplinary; Polarization; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Skin; Tomography, Optical Coherence; Ultraviolet radiation; Ultraviolet Rays

Skin broadly protects the human body from undesired factors such as ultraviolet radiation and abrasion and helps conserve body temperature and hydration. Skin’s elasticity and its level of anisotropy are key to its aesthetics and function. Currently, however, treatment success is often speculative a...