Skin biomedical optical imaging system using dual-wavelength polarimetric control with liquid crystals

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Safrani, Avner ^a   Aharon, Ofir ^a   Mor, Shahar ^a   Arnon, Ofer ^a   Rosenberg, Lior ^a   Abdulhalim, Ibrahim ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Polarimetric imaging; Skin cancer; Skin imaging; Spectral imaging

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL OPTICAL IMAGING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DUAL-BAND; DUAL-WAVELENGTH; EARLY DETECTION; LINEAR POLARIZER; NEAR INFRARED; POLARIMETRIC IMAGING; SKIN CANCER; SKIN CANCERS; SKIN IMAGING; SKIN TISSUE; SPECTRAL FILTERS; SPECTRAL IMAGING;

DERMATOLOGY; DISEASES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; POLAROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; TISSUE;

POLARIMETERS;

ARTICLE; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL; PATHOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TUMOR;

DERMOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PILOT PROJECTS; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77956625934     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3394338     Document Type: Article

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