Skin Typing & Pigmentation Index
Design and Evaluation of a Novel Portable Erythema Melanin Meter
Dolotov L., Sinichkin Y., Tuchin V., Utz S., Altshuler G., Yaroslavsky I. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 34:127-135, 2004.
"The data suggest that the technique has a substantial potential as a method of pre-treatment diagnostics for photochemical and photothermal procedures."
Skin Pigmentation Index as a Predictive Parameter for Optimizing Laser and Light Treatments
Anderson R., Manstein D., Altshuler G. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 2002;117.
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Objective Measurement Device for Melanin Optical Density:
Dosimetry for Laser and IPLs in Aesthetic Treatments
Ilya Yaroslavsky, PhD; James Childs, PhD; Gregory B. Altshuler, DSc, PhD;
Henry H. Zenzie, MS; Richard Cohen, PhD, PMTI, 2012
New Methods for Guidance of Light-Based Treatments
Using Objective Melanin Measurements
Sean Doherty, MD, Richard Cohen, PhD, Felicia Whitney, RN, Oksana Bradley, MD, (Ukraine), Brooke Seckel, MD, PMTI, 2012