Application of skin imaging techniques in acne vulgaris
- VernacularTitle:皮肤影像技术在寻常痤疮诊疗中的应用进展
- Author:
Yuanyuan XIE
1
;
Yuzhen LIU
;
Rong ZENG
Author Information
- Keywords: Acne, vulgaris; Diagnosis; Dermoscopy; Microscopy, confocal; Optical coherence tomography; Ultrasound; Severity grading; Efficacy assessment
- From: Chinese Journal of Dermatology 2024;57(8):757-760
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
- Abstract: Acne vulgaris is a clinically common chronic inflammatory skin disease. Currently, severity grading and efficacy assessment in acne vulgaris mainly rely on dermatologists′ clinical experience. In recent years, skin imaging techniques have raised great attention in the diagnosis and treatment of various skin diseases, owing to their non-invasive, real-time, objective and reproducible properties. This review summarizes the progress in application of various skin imaging techniques, including dermoscopy, reflectance confocal microscopy, optical coherence tomography and high-frequency ultrasound imaging, in the research of acne vulgaris, aiming to provide new ideas for basic research of acne vulgaris, as well as its clinical diagnosis and assessment of therapeutic efficacy.
