In vivo skin elastography with high-definition optical videos

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 271-282

  Zhang, Yong ^a   Brodell, Robert T ^b,c,d   Mostow, Eliot N ^b   Vinyard, Christopher J ^e   Marie, Hazel ^a  

^a YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northeastern Ohio Medical University   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^e NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermatology; Optical flow; Skin elastography; Strain image; Tissue abnormality

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL TISSUES; BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENTS; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; ELASTICITY VALUES; ELASTOGRAM; ELASTOGRAMS; ELASTOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; GRADIENT FILTERS; HIGH DEFINITION; IMAGING MODALITY; IN-VIVO; IN-VIVO IMAGING; INDUCED PROPERTIES; MEASURING DEVICE; MOTION DATA; MOTION FIELDS; OPTICAL ELASTOGRAPHY; OPTICAL FLOW ALGORITHM; PIXEL LEVEL; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; QUANTITATIVE MEASURES; RATING SYSTEM; RELATIVE STRAIN INDEX; SKIN DEFORMATION; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN PROPERTIES; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STRAIN IMAGE; TISSUE ABNORMALITY; VIDEO FRAME; VIDEO SEQUENCES;

BIOMECHANICS; DERMATOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS; ELASTICITY; INGOT MOLDS; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL FLOWS; SKIN; VIDEO RECORDING;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH DEFINITION OPTICAL CAMCORDER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LICHEN PLANUS; MALE; OPTICAL SKIN ELASTOGRAPHY; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN STRUCTURE; SKIN SURFACE; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; AGED; DERMOSCOPY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 67650658784     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2009.00351.x     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Smith RA, Saslow D, Sawyer KA, Burke W, Costanza ME, Evans WP, Foster RS, Hendrick E, Eyre HJ, Sener S. American Cancer Society guidelines for breast cancer screening: Update 2003. CA: Cancer J Clin 2003; 53: 141-169.
2. Zhang Y, Goldgof DB, Sarkar S, Tsap LV. A modeling approach for burn scar assessment using natural features and elastic property. IEEE Trans Med Imaging 2004; 10: 1325-1329.
3. Ophir J, Cespedes I, Ponnekanti H, Yazdi Y, Li X. Elastography: A quantitative method for measuring the elasticity of biological tissues. Ultrason Imaging 1991; 13: 111-134.
4. Proceedings of 5th International Conference on the Ultrasonic Measurement and Imaging of Tissue Elasticity, Snowbird, UT, USA, October 2006.
5. Proceedings of 6th International Conference on the Ultrasonic Measurement and Imaging of Tissue Elasticity, Santa Fe, NM, USA, November 2007.
6. Souchon R, Rouviere O, Gelet A, Detti V, Srinivasan S, Ophir J, Chapelon JY. Visualization of HIFU lesions using elastography of the human prostate in vivo: Preliminary results. Ultrasound Med Biol 2003; 29: 1007-1015.
7. Plewes DB, Bishop J, Samani A, Sciarretta J. Visualization and quantification of breast cancer biomechanical properties with magnetic resonance elastography. Phys Med Biol 2000; 45: 1591-1610.
8. Kallel F, Ophir J, Magee K, Krouskop TA. Elastographic imaging of low-contrast elastic modulus distributions in tissue. Ultrasound Med Biol 1998; 24: 409-425.
9. Zhang Y, Sullins JR, Goldgof DB, Manohar V. Computing strain elastograms of skin using an optical flow based method. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Ultrasonic Measurement and Imaging of Tissue Elasticity, Snowbird, UT, USA, October 2006.
10. Vogt M, Ermert H. Development and evaluation of a high-frequency ultrasound-based system for in vivo strain imaging of the skin. IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control 2005; 52: 375-385.
11. Gahagnon S, Mofid Y, Ossant F, Josse G. In-vivo exploration of the mechanical properties of health and pathological human dermis with 2D high resolution elastography. IEEE Ultrason Symp 2006: 1242-1245.
12. Barel AO, Courage W, Clarys P. Suction method for measurement of skin mechanical properties: The cutometer. In: Serup J, Jemec GBE, eds. Handbook of Non-invasive Methods and the Skin. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1995: 335-340.
13. Jachowicz J, McMullen B, Prettypaul D. Indentometric analysis of in vivo skin and comparison with artificial skin models. Skin Res Technol 2007; 13: 299-309.
14. Jemec GBE, Selvaag E, Agren M, Wulf HC. Measurement of the mechanical properties of skin with ballistometer and suction cup. Skin Res Technol 2001; 7: 122-126.
15. De Rigal J, Lêvêque JL. In vivo measurement of stratum corneum elasticity. Bioeng Skin 1985; 1: 13-23.
16. Agache PG. Twistometry measurement of skin elasticity. In: Serup J, Jemec GBE, eds. Handbook of non-invasive methods and the skin. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1995: 319-328.
17. Falanga V, Bucalo B. Use of a durometer to assess skin hardness. J Am Acad Dermatol 1993; 29: 47-51.
18. Murray BC, Wickett RR. Correlations between dermal torque meter, cutometer, and dermal phase meter measurements of human skin. Skin Res Technol 1997; 3: 101-106.
19. Smalls LK, Wickett RR, Visscher MO. Effect of dermal thickness, tissue composition, and body site on skin biomechanical properties. Skin Res Technol 2006; 12: 43-49.
20. Dobrev H. In vivo study of skin mechanical properties in Raynaud's phenomenon. Skin Res Technol 2007; 13: 91-94.
21. Dobrev H. In vivo study of skin mechanical properties in patients with systemic sclerosis. J Am Acad Dermatol 1999; 40: 436-442.
22. Malm M, Samman M, Serup J. In vivo skin elasticity of 22 anatomical sites. Skin Res Technol 1995; 1: 61-67.
23. Pedersen L, Hansen B, Jemec GBE. Mechanical properties of the skin: A comparison between two suction cup methods. Skin Res Technol 2003; 9: 111-115.
24. Horn BKP, Schunck BG. Determining optical flow. AI Memo 572: MIT, 1980.
25. Barron JL, Fleet DJ, Beauchemin SS. Performance of optical flow techniques. Int J Comput Vis 1994; 12: 43-77.
26. Black MJ, Anandan P. The robust estimation of multiple motions: parametric and piecewise-smooth flow fields. Comput Vis Image Underst 1996; 63: 75-104.
27. Tetsuo S, Kano Y. Lichen planus and lichenoid dermatoses. In: Bolognia JL, Jorizzo JL, Rapini RP, eds. Dermatology. Mosby, 2003: 175-198.
28. Pierson D, Bandel C, Ehrig T, Cockerell CJ. Benign epidermal tumors and proliferations. In: Bolognia JL, Jorizzo JL, Rapini RP, eds. Dermatology. Mosby, 2003: 1697-1701.
29. Kerkhof VD, Peter CM. Psoriasis. In: Bolognia JL, Jorizzo JL, Rapini RP, eds. Dermatology. Mosby, 2003: 125-149.