Ex-vivo confocal Raman microspectroscopy of porcine skin with 633/785-NM laser excitation and optical clearing with glycerol/water/DMSO solution

Ali Jaafar; Malik H. Mahmood; Roman Holomb; Laszló Himics; Tamas Vaczi; Anton Y. Sdobnov; Valery V. Tuchin; Miklós Veres

doi:10.1142/s1793545821420037

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