Abstract

Optical techniques represent a valuable tool for non-invasive investigation of in vivo tissue properties, and for imaging of tissue structures. Red/near-infrared light reflected from a tissue surface contains not only information on the properties at the very surface, but carries information of tissue structures at depths of several millimeters. Such information is important for several clinical situations, e.g., in determining the depth of hemangioma, the thickness of nodular basal cell carcinoma, or the depth of necrosis in burns.

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