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Vibration Analysis Of Healthy Skin: Toward A Noninvasive Skin Diagnosis Methodology, Rakshita Panchal, Luke Horton, Peyman Poozesh, Javad Baqersad, Mohammadreza Nasiriavanaki

Mechanical Engineering Publications

Several noninvasive imaging techniques have been developed to monitor the health of skin and enhance the diagnosis of skin diseases. Among them, skin elastography is a popular technique used to measure the elasticity of the skin. A change in the elasticity of the skin can influence its natural frequencies and mode shapes. We propose a technique to use the resonant frequencies and mode shapes of the skin to monitor its health. Our study demonstrates how the resonant frequencies and mode shapes of skin can be obtained using numerical and experimental analysis. In our study, natural frequencies and mode shapes are …