TY - GEN
T1 - Multi-spectral optical imaging of skin to diagnose malignant melanoma
AU - Kumar, Ananda
AU - Dhawan, Atam P.
AU - Relue, Patricia
AU - Chaudhuri, Prabir K.
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - An optical imaging device, called the Nevoscope, is used to collect multi-spectral transillumination (MST) images of skin and skin lesions. Multispectral optical transillumination imaging of skin lesions non-invasively determines the depth of invasion along with other crucial parameters such as shape, color and size of the lesion. Due to the inhomogeneity of the skin, light entering the skin can be absorbed or scattered or reflected at the layer boundaries. The combined analysis of the MST images gives information regarding the cell growth pattern within the lesions. Regular MST examination of the skin over time with subsequent analysis of archived images has great potential for early diagnosis of melanoma.
AB - An optical imaging device, called the Nevoscope, is used to collect multi-spectral transillumination (MST) images of skin and skin lesions. Multispectral optical transillumination imaging of skin lesions non-invasively determines the depth of invasion along with other crucial parameters such as shape, color and size of the lesion. Due to the inhomogeneity of the skin, light entering the skin can be absorbed or scattered or reflected at the layer boundaries. The combined analysis of the MST images gives information regarding the cell growth pattern within the lesions. Regular MST examination of the skin over time with subsequent analysis of archived images has great potential for early diagnosis of melanoma.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:0033324259
SN - 0780356756
T3 - Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings
SP - 1098
BT - Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings
PB - IEEE
T2 - Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology 21st Annual Conference and the 1999 Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society (1st Joint BMES / EMBS)
Y2 - 13 October 1999 through 16 October 1999
ER -