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A Hands-on Guide to Confocal Imaging

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Reflectance Confocal Microscopy for Skin Diseases

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This chapter provides a short overview of image acquisition and the basics of image evaluation in reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM). Due to the VivaScope® 1500 being the most widely used reflectance confocal microscope for in vivo imaging of human skin, the detailed description of image acquisition provided below solely applies to the use of this device.

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Abbreviations

DEJ:

Dermo-epidermal junction

RCM:

Reflectance confocal microscopy

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  1. Dermatology Research Centre, The University of Queensland School of Medicine, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

    Elisabeth M. T. Wurm

  2. Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

    Isabel Kolm

  3. Department of Dermatology and Venerology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

    Verena Ahlgrimm-Siess

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Correspondence to Verena Ahlgrimm-Siess .

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  1. Klinik für Dermatologie und Venerologie, Universitätsklinikum Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 8, Graz, 8036, Austria

    Rainer Hofmann-Wellenhof

  2. Dipto. Dermatología, Università de Modena y Reggio Emilia, Via del Pozzo 71, Modena, 41100, Italy

    Giovanni Pellacani

  3. Barcelona, Melanoma Unit, Hospital Clínic i Provincial de, C/ Villarroel 170, Barcelona, 08036, Spain

    Joseph Malvehy

  4. , Princess Alexandra Hospital, The University of Queensland School of, 199 Ipswich Road, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, 4102, Queensland, Australia

    Hans Peter Soyer

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Wurm, E.M.T., Kolm, I., Ahlgrimm-Siess, V. (2012). A Hands-on Guide to Confocal Imaging. In: Hofmann-Wellenhof, R., Pellacani, G., Malvehy, J., Soyer, H. (eds) Reflectance Confocal Microscopy for Skin Diseases. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21997-9_3

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