In vivo quantification of human dermal skin aging using SHG and autofluorescence

Stefan Puschmann; Christian-Dennis Rahn; Horst Wenck; Stefan Gallinat; Frank Fischer

doi:10.1117/12.906460

29 February 2012 In vivo quantification of human dermal skin aging using SHG and autofluorescence

Stefan Puschmann, Christian-Dennis Rahn, Horst Wenck, Stefan Gallinat, Frank Fischer

Proceedings Volume 8216, Multimodal Biomedical Imaging VII; 821608 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.906460
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2012, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

There are visible changes during skin aging. In the extracellular matrix these changes referred to as intrinsic aging (skin areas not exposed to sunlight) and extrinsic aging can be measured using various methods, such as subjective clinical evaluation, histology and molecular analysis. In this study we developed a new parameter for the non-invasive quantitative determination of dermal skin aging utilizing a five-dimensional intravital tomography (5D-IVT). This device, also known as 5D - multi-photon laser scanning microscopy, is a powerful tool to investigate (photo)aging-associated alterations in vivo. Structural alterations in the dermis of extrinsically aged (chronically sun-exposed) and intrinsically aged (sun-protected) human skin were recorded utilizing the collagen-specific second harmonic generation (SHG) signal and the elastin-specific autofluorescence (AF) signal. Recording took place in young and elderly volunteers. The resulting images were processed in order to gain the elastin percentage and the collagen percentage per image. Then, the elastin - to - collagen ratio (ELCOR) was calculated. With respect to volar forearm skin, the ELCOR significantly increased with age. In elderly volunteers, the ELCOR value calculated for the chronically sun-exposed temple area was significantly augmented compared with the sun-protected upper arm area. Based on 5D-IVT we introduce the ELCOR as a new means to quantify age-associated alterations in the extracellular matrix of in vivo human skin. This novel parameter is compared to the currently used "SHG to AF aging index" of the dermis (SAAID).

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Stefan Puschmann, Christian-Dennis Rahn, Horst Wenck, Stefan Gallinat, and Frank Fischer "In vivo quantification of human dermal skin aging using SHG and autofluorescence", Proc. SPIE 8216, Multimodal Biomedical Imaging VII, 821608 (29 February 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.906460

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