Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research (대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지)

The Korean Society of Medical and Biological Engineering (대한의용생체공학회)
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Digital Color Imaging Systems for Quantitative Evaluation of Skin Lesions

피부병변의 정량적 평가를 위한 디지털 컬러 영상 시스템

  • Han, Byung-Kwan (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yonsei University) ;
  • Jung, Byung-Jo (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yonsei University)
  • Published : 2007.04.30
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Abstract

In this paper, we introduce a digital cross-polarization and fluorescent color imaging system for quantitative evaluation of skin lesions. We describe the characterization of the imaging systems and the quantitative image analysis methods to show the feasibility for quantitative evaluation of skin lesions. The polarization color image was used to compute erythema and melanin index image which are useful for quantitative evaluation of pigmentation and vascular skin lesions, respectively. The fluorescent color image was used to quantitatively evaluate "sebum" and "vitiligo". In quantitative evaluation of various skin lesions, we confirmed the clinical efficacy of the imaging systems for dermatological applications. Finally, we sure that the imaging systems can be utilized as important assistant tools for the evaluation of skin lesions by providing reproducible quantitative result for widely distributed skin lesions.

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