Abstract
Pathology in skin often occurs in the superficial layers of the epidermis and invades the papillary dermis. Imaging with linearly polarized light allows selection of photons that have reflected from these superficial tissue layers and rejection of photons that have penetrated deeply into the reticular dermis. Consequently, the image contrast is concentrated in the superficial tissue layers where pathology arises and invasion occurs.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2314-2315 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings |
| Volume | 3 |
| State | Published - 2002 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | Proceedings of the 2002 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology 24th Annual Conference and the 2002 Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES / EMBS) - Houston, TX, United States Duration: Oct 23 2002 → Oct 26 2002 |
Keywords
- Polarized light
- Skin cancer
- Tissue optics
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Signal Processing
- Biomedical Engineering
- Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
- Health Informatics