Bioengineering and the Skin: Based on the Proceedings of the European Society for Dermatological Research Symposium, held at the Welsh National School of Medicine, Cardiff, 19–21 July 1979

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Experiments and analyses: a retrospect....Pages 3-7
International standards for instruments, measurement methods and units for determination of physical properties and function of skin....Pages 9-11
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
Effects of fractionated doses of X-irradiation on the mechanical properties of skin: A long-term study....Pages 15-21
Flexural properties of human fingernails....Pages 23-30
Effects of treatment with prednisolone and PUVA on the mechanical properties of human skin in vivo ....Pages 31-43
 In vivo measurement of some elastic properties of human skin....Pages 45-53
A resonance frequency technique to determine the energy absorbed in stratum corneum in vivo ....Pages 55-65
The mechanism of stratum corneum plasticization with water....Pages 67-73
Photosclerosis induced by long wave length ultraviolet light and psoralens....Pages 75-82
Skin surface patterns and the directional mechanical properties of the dermis....Pages 83-92
The fibrous structure of the skin and its relation to mechanical behaviour....Pages 93-95
Mechanical properties of rat skin at high and low loads. Influence of age and desmotropic drugs....Pages 97-101
Point impedance characterization of soft tissues in vivo ....Pages 103-111
The gas bearing electrodynamometer (GBE) applied to measuring mechanical changes in skin and other tissues....Pages 113-122
International standardization of instruments used to determine mechanical properties of human skin....Pages 123-128
Changes in the mechanical properties of intact guinea pig skin resulting from ultraviolet irradiation....Pages 129-133
The alinear viscoelastic properties of human skin in vivo related to sex and age....Pages 135-145
The rheological properties of human skin and scar tissue....Pages 147-158
Front Matter....Pages 159-159
Indirect measures of transepidermal water loss....Pages 161-171
Dermatological applications of the Magiscan image analysing computer....Pages 173-181
Front Matter....Pages 159-159
A modified photometric technique for measuring sebum excretion rate....Pages 183-185
Determination in vivo of water concentration profile in human stratum corneum by a photoacoustic method....Pages 187-195
Epidermal water and electrolyte content and the thermal, electrical and mechanical properties of skin....Pages 197-213
Xeroradiographic and ultrasound techniques in the assessment of skin disorder....Pages 215-225
Is there a relationship between corneocyte size and stratum corneum function in vivo? ....Pages 227-235
Relationship of intracorneal cohesion to rates of desquamation in the scaling disorders....Pages 237-244
Propagation of waves in hair....Pages 245-249
Front Matter....Pages 251-251
Optical radiation transfer in the human skin and applications in in vivo remittance spectroscopy....Pages 253-265
Alternating current electrical properties of human skin measured in vivo ....Pages 267-274
A theoretical and experimental study of the optical properties of in vivo skin....Pages 275-281
Dermatological photoacoustic spectroscopy....Pages 283-290
Ellipsometric measurement of skin refractive index in vivo ....Pages 291-302
Influence of thermal properties and epidermal thickness on pain threshold in conductive heating....Pages 303-310
Quantification of thermoregulatory mechanisms in relation to psoriasis: thermometry, thermography, and venous flow Studies....Pages 311-317
The surface translucence meter: its use in studying human skin....Pages 319-324
Back Matter....Pages 325-327