title: [Advances of in vivo confocal scanning laser microscopy].
abstract: In vivo confocal scanning laser microscopy is being widely established as a time-saving, non-invasive, investigative methods in the study of body surfaces. Skin can be observed in its native state in vivo without the fixing, sectioning and staining that is necessary for routine histology. It is a new technology that can provide detailed images of tissue architecture and cellular morphology of living tissue. This paper reviews the fundamentals of in vivo confocal imaging and its clinical applications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ninth People's Hospital, School of Stomatology, Shanghai Second Medical University, Shanghai 200011, China.
authors.forename: Ke-bin
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Guo-yu
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal / Q000639:trends*; D012867:Skin