Skin Typing & Pigmentation Index

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.
(Abstract.) 

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, 2004.
"The data suggest that the technique has a substantial potential as a method of pre-treatment diagnostics for photochemical and photothermal procedures."