Skin Typing & Pigmentation Index

Skin Pigmentation Index as a Predictive Parameter for Optimizing Laser and Light Treatments
Anderson R., Manstein D., Altshuler G. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 2002;117.
(Abstract.) 

Design and Evaluation of a Novel Portable Erythema Melanin Meter
Dolotov L., Sinichkin Y., Tuchin V., Utz S., Altshuler G., Yaroslavsky I. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 2004.
"The data suggest that the technique has a substantial potential as a method of pre-treatment diagnostics for photochemical and photothermal procedures." 

Objective Measurement Device for Melanin Optical Density: Dosimetry for Laser and IPLs in Aesthetic Treatments
Ilya Yaroslavsky, PhD; James Childs, PhD; Gregory B. Altshuler, DSc, PhD;
Henry H. Zenzie, MS; Richard Cohen, PhD. PMTI, 2012

New Methods for Guidance of Light-Based Treatments Using Objective Melanin Measurements
Sean Doherty, MD, Richard Cohen, PhD, Felicia Whitney, RN, Oksana Bradley, MD,  (Ukraine), Brooke Seckel, MD, PMTI, Burlington, MA