Differential optical spectropolarimetric imaging system assisted by liquid crystal devices for skin imaging

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Aharon, Ofir ^a   Abdulhalim, Ibrahim ^a   Arnon, Ofer ^b   Rosenberg, Lior ^a,b   Dyomin, Victor ^b   Silberstein, Eldad ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

polarimetric imaging; skin cancer; skin imaging; spectral imaging

Indexed keywords

BACK-SCATTERED; BIPOLARIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL CONTRAST; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS; IN-VIVO; LINEARLY POLARIZED LIGHT; LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICES; NEAR INFRARED; NONINVASIVE METHODS; POLARIMETRIC IMAGING; POLARIZATION ROTATOR; SCATTERED LIGHT; SKIN CANCER; SKIN CANCERS; SKIN IMAGING; SKIN LESION; SKIN TUMOR; SPECTRAL IMAGING; SPECTROPOLARIMETRIC IMAGING; TEXTURE ORIENTATION; TUNABLE FILTERS; VISUAL INSPECTION; WIDE SPECTRAL RANGE;

COLLAGEN; DERMATOLOGY; DISEASES; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; POLARIZATION; ROTATION; TUMORS; VIDEO CAMERAS;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

COLLAGEN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; BIREFRINGENCE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN TUMOR;

ALGORITHMS; BIREFRINGENCE; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 79961044832     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3609003     Document Type: Article

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