Autofluorescence imaging of basal cell carcinoma by smartphone RGB camera

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Lihachev, Alexey ^a   Derjabo, Alexander ^b   Ferulova, Inesa ^a   Lange, Marta ^a   Lihacova, Ilze ^a   Spigulis, Janis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^b RIGA EAST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Latvia)

Author keywords

autofluorescence; photobleaching; RGB imaging; smartphone

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; PHOTOBLEACHING; SIGNAL ENCODING;

ATYPICAL NEVUS; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; FLUORESCENCE INTENSITIES; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; RGB IMAGING; SKIN AUTOFLUORESCENCE;

SMARTPHONES;

COLLAGEN; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; PORPHYRIN;

BLEACHING; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CHEMISTRY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; LIGHT; NEVUS; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SMARTPHONE;

CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; COLLAGEN; DERMOSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NAD; NEVUS; PHOTOBLEACHING; PORPHYRINS; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SMARTPHONE;

EID: 84949907774     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.20.12.120502     Document Type: Article

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