{
  "id": 6130410,
  "title": "Pigmentation measurement could improve laser safety standards across skin tones",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/pigmentation-measurement-could-improve-laser-safety-standards-across",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-07T11:00:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-pigmentation-laser-safety-standards-skin.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Lasers are used in a growing number of medical and imaging applications, from surgery to photoacoustic imaging. To protect patients, safety guidelines define the maximum amount of laser energy that can be delivered to the skin without causing injury. However, these limits do not account for differences in skin pigmentation.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}