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Diagnostic Methods and Instrumentation for Aesthetic Skin Conditions

| Caglar Cengizler |

Year:2023| Vol:2| No:1| PP 1-8
Abstract
Aesthetic skin conditions such as dark circles, wrinkles, and pigmentation around the eyes are often the subject of dermatological examination. At this point, an objective and high-accuracy evaluation can be critical in the development of effective approaches. In this study, the proposed instrumentation-based and computer-assisted approaches for effectively characterizing and evaluating skin appearance and health conditions are reviewed. Instruments developed for the assessment of skin features, such as skin elasticity, color change, and pigmentation, including Wood's lamp and spectrophotometer, have been investigated, along with some common computer-aided techniques that complement these methods, such as Wiener estimation, Principal Component Analysis (PCA), pseudo-inverse, and finite-dimensional modeling. The integration of these computational and instrument-based approaches provides a more comprehensive, accurate, and objective assessment of skin conditions and treatment efficacy. The study highlights the continued development of these technologies and their promise to improve dermatological research and practice.

Keywords
Dermatology; Instrumentation; Pigmentation; Evaluation; Computational
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