Skin Typing & Melanin Index
REAL-TIME MELANIN MEASUREMENTS TO OPTIMIZE TREATMENT SETTINGS AND AVOID COMPLICATIONS
E. Victor Ross, David Vasily, Joel Cohen, Robert Weiss, Jeremy
Green, Joely Kaufman, Mary Cerino, 2012 American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery (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, 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.
(Abstract.)
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
* The Skintel Melanin Reader is FDA-cleared for use with the Palomar Icon Aesthetic System Optimized Light handpieces.