Qualitative Investigation of Fresh Human Scalp Hair with Full-Field Optical Coherence Tomography
January 2012
in “
Journal of biomedical optics
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full-field optical coherence tomography FF-OCT Linnik-type white light interference microscope hair shafts cuticle cortex keratin filaments melanin granules hair color plucked hair bulbs cosmetic assessments hair diseases optical coherence tomography OCT white light microscope hair structure hair layers keratin melanin hair pigmentation hair roots cosmetic evaluation hair conditions
Studysummary This study used ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence tomography to observe hair shaft structures, finding melanin granules absent only in white hair, which may explain color differences between black and white hair.
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