Imaging superficial tissue layers using polarized light with a hand-held camera

Steven L. Jacques; Jessica C. Ramella-Roman; Kenneth Lee M.D.

doi:10.1117/12.546083

8 December 2003 Imaging superficial tissue layers using polarized light with a hand-held camera

Steven L. Jacques, Jessica C. Ramella-Roman, Kenneth Lee M.D.

Proceedings Volume 5254, Third International Conference on Photonics and Imaging in Biology and Medicine; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.546083
Event: Third International Conference on Photonics and Imaging in Biology and Medicine, 2003, Wuhan, China

Abstract

A hand-held polarized light camera yields an image whose contrast is based on photons scattered from the superficial subsurface region of tissues. The general approach toward polarized light imaging is presented, discussing the Stokes Vector description of polarized light and the Mueller Matrix description of the scattering process. The simple approach of the hand-held camera is presented with a first clinical image of melanoma

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Steven L. Jacques, Jessica C. Ramella-Roman, and Kenneth Lee M.D. "Imaging superficial tissue layers using polarized light with a hand-held camera", Proc. SPIE 5254, Third International Conference on Photonics and Imaging in Biology and Medicine, (8 December 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.546083

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