Derivation and clinical application of special imaging by means of digital cameras and Image J freeware for quantification of erythema and pigmentation

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 26-34

  Yamamoto, Tadamasa ^a   Takiwaki, Hirotsugu ^a   Arase, Seiji ^a   Ohshima, Hiroshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b POLA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Digital camera; Erythema index; Image J; Melanin index

Indexed keywords

COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; DIGITAL CAMERAS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MEDICAL IMAGING; SKIN; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS;

ERYTHEMA INDEX (EI); MELANIN INDEX (MI); PIGMENTATION; REFLECTANCE SPECTROPHOTOMETER;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

HEMOGLOBIN; MELANIN; RECOMBINANT BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CAMERA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIGITAL IMAGING; DRUG RESPONSE; ERYTHEMA; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG ULCER; MALE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFLECTOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; COLORIMETRY; ERYTHEMA; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEG ULCER; MELANINS; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOGRAPHY; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOFTWARE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 38349168156     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2007.00256.x     Document Type: Article

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