TY - GEN
T1 - Effect of skin structure change with age on optical characteristics of human skin
AU - Yamada, Jun
AU - Ogawa, Tatsuya
AU - Kawai, Hirokazu
AU - Yoshikawa, Hironobu
AU - Takata, Sadaki
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - It is considered that the surface structure of human skin changes with age, affecting the appearance of skin. However, the effect of skin structure on its appearance has not yet been clarified. In this study, we measured the geometric structure of the skin of eight women in the age group of 21 to 45 years using the latest confocal scanning laser microscope, and clarified the change in skin structure with age. In addition, based on the geometric data of the skin structure, we numerically investigated the optical characteristics of the skin surface by using a numerical model developed by us. Numerical results reveal that the optical characteristics of skin surface do not depend on the age-induced change in the skin structure very much.
AB - It is considered that the surface structure of human skin changes with age, affecting the appearance of skin. However, the effect of skin structure on its appearance has not yet been clarified. In this study, we measured the geometric structure of the skin of eight women in the age group of 21 to 45 years using the latest confocal scanning laser microscope, and clarified the change in skin structure with age. In addition, based on the geometric data of the skin structure, we numerically investigated the optical characteristics of the skin surface by using a numerical model developed by us. Numerical results reveal that the optical characteristics of skin surface do not depend on the age-induced change in the skin structure very much.
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U2 - 10.1115/ajtec2011-44523
DO - 10.1115/ajtec2011-44523
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85087224236
SN - 9780791838921
T3 - ASME/JSME 2011 8th Thermal Engineering Joint Conference, AJTEC 2011
BT - ASME/JSME 2011 8th Thermal Engineering Joint Conference, AJTEC 2011
PB - American Society of Mechanical Engineers
T2 - ASME/JSME 2011 8th Thermal Engineering Joint Conference, AJTEC 2011
Y2 - 13 March 2011 through 17 March 2011
ER -