Low dose of narrow-band ultraviolet B lamp for improving vitamin D synthesis with minimum skin damage

Yu-Hsuan Lin; Yi-Wen Chiu; Ming-Yen Lin; Siao-Ping Tsai; Feng-Xuan Jian; Shang-Jyh Hwang; Kuo-Cheng Huang

doi:10.1117/12.2316786

24 April 2018 Low dose of narrow-band ultraviolet B lamp for improving vitamin D synthesis with minimum skin damage

Yu-Hsuan Lin, Yi-Wen Chiu, Ming-Yen Lin, Siao-Ping Tsai, Feng-Xuan Jian, Shang-Jyh Hwang, Kuo-Cheng Huang

Proceedings Volume 10711, Biomedical Imaging and Sensing Conference; 1071127 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2316786
Event: SPIE Structured Light, 2018, Yokohama, Japan

Abstract

The Vitamin D synthesis mainly takes place in skin after solar exposure of UVB, but usually the solar exposure dose is not adequate with modern daily activity. Thus, it is a novel solution to develop home-use UV health lamp to compensate the vitamin-D deficient. In this study, a low dose and narrow band UV-B lamps was developed for animal study. The lamp design was based on arrangement of UV-B light bulbs, band pass filters and electric-mechanical devices. The vitamin D synthesis of mice under various irradiation conditions was observed and analyzed. The experimental results show that the UV light with a wavelength of 310-320 nm can effectively improve the vitamin D synthesis and minimize the skin damage.

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Yu-Hsuan Lin, Yi-Wen Chiu, Ming-Yen Lin, Siao-Ping Tsai, Feng-Xuan Jian, Shang-Jyh Hwang, and Kuo-Cheng Huang "Low dose of narrow-band ultraviolet B lamp for improving vitamin D synthesis with minimum skin damage", Proc. SPIE 10711, Biomedical Imaging and Sensing Conference, 1071127 (24 April 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2316786

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