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. 2010 Mar 1;15(1):016019. doi: 10.1117/1.3316297

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Apparatus for photoacoustic depth determination of melanin content. The frequency-doubled 532-nm Nd:YAG laser had a pulse duration of 5 ns. Laser light was delivered to the probe via 1000-μm-diam optical fiber. A PVDF element within the probe detected photoacoustic waves.