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3D Visualisation of Skin Substitutes

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Diagnosing skin diseases and researching the genesis of skin pathologies would substantially profit from sound topological information of the structures composing the layers of normal and pathologically transformed skin. Likewise, designing skin regeneration material, improving its quality, and evaluating the transformation it undergoes after implantation require the precise visualisation of the architecture of this material and the three-dimensional (3D) arrangement of the cells and tissues populating it. Although the last decades saw the development of a great number of potent new 2D and 3D imaging techniques (Boppart et al. 1996; Kolker et al. 2000; Smith 2001; Sharpe et al. 2002; Sharpe 2003; Johnson et al. 2006; Weninger et al. 2006; Dodt et al. 2007; Filas et al. 2007; Wanninger 2007; Cavey and Lecuit 2008; Geyer et al. 2009; Metscher 2009; Mohun and Weninger 2011), high-quality 3D visualisation of skin architecture and skin replacement materials is still a major technical challenge.

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  2. Division of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, Research Unit for Tissue Regeneration, Repair and Reconstruction, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

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Weninger, W.J., Kamolz, LP., Geyer, S.H. (2013). 3D Visualisation of Skin Substitutes. In: Kamolz, LP., Lumenta, D. (eds) Dermal Replacements in General, Burn, and Plastic Surgery. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1586-2_8

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