CHAPTER 1: SKIN STRUCTURE AND BIOLOGY CHAPTER 2: WOUND HEALING AND ITS IMAGING CHAPTER 3: COMMON SKIN DISEASES - CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY AND AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS CHAPTER 4: COMMON SKIN DISEASES - AUTOIMMUNE BLISTERING DISORDERS CHAPTER 5: COMMON SKIN DISEASES -SKIN CANCER CHAPTER 6: PRECLINICAL MODELS FOR DRUG SCREENING AND TARGET VALIDATION CHAPTER 7: SKIN TISSUE ENGINEERING WITH NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS CHAPTER 8: TOPICAL/TRANSDERMAL DELIVERY WITH CHEMICAL ENHANCERS AND NANOPARTICLES CHAPTER 9: NEEDLE FREE JET INJECTORS FOR DERMAL AND TRANSDERMAL DELIVERY OF ACTIVES CHAPTER 10: MICRONEEDLES FOR TRANSDERMAL DRUG DELIVERY CHAPTER 11: ULTRASOUND ENHANCED TRANSDERMAL DRUG DELIVERY CHAPTER 12: IONTOPHORESIS ENHANCED TRANSDERMAL DRUG DELIVERY CHAPTER 13: ULTROSOUND IMAGING IN DERMATOLOGY CHAPTER 14: QUANTITATIVE MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING OF THE SKIN: IN VITRO AND IN VIVO APPLICATIONS CHAPTER 15: HIGH-RESOLUTION OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY (oct) FOR SKIN IMAGING CHAPTER 16: PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING OF SKIN CHAPTER 17: LASER SPECKLE TECHNIQUES FOR FLOW MONITORING IN SKIN