Qualification of a New and Precise Automatic Tool for the Assessment of Hair Diameters in Phototrichograms

    January 2011 in “ Skin Research and Technology ”
    Stefan Scheede, A. Herpens, Frank Burmeister … Thomas Berlage
    Studysummary This study developed a high-resolution phototrichogram system that can automatically and accurately assess hair growth metrics in cosmetic trials, achieving over 90% correlation with manual measurements.
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