Out-of-plane polarimetric imaging of skin: Surface and subsurface effects

Jessica C. Ramella-Roman; Don Duncan; Thomas A. Germer

doi:10.1117/12.592399

Out-of-plane polarimetric imaging of skin: Surface and subsurface effects

Jessica C. Ramella-Roman, Don Duncan, Thomas A. Germer

School of Medicine

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Abstract

True borders of certain skin cancers are hard to detect by the human eye. For this reason, techniques such as polarized light imaging have been used to enhance skin cancer contrast before Mohs surgery procedures. In standard polarized light imaging the effect of the rough surface is minimized using a matched boundary, such as a glass slide and gel. Moreover, the surface glare is eliminated using skewed illumination. In this paper, we study the effect of the surface roughness on the polarized light backscattered from the skin. We demonstrate that rough surface effects can be minimized using out-of-plane polarized illumination in conjunction with ¹ polarized viewing.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE
Editors	K.E. Bartels, L.S. Bass, W.T.W. Riese, K.W. Gregory, H. Hirschberg
Pages	142-153
Number of pages	12
Volume	5686
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.592399
State	Published - 2005
Event	Photonic Therapeutics and Diagnostics - San Jose, CA, United States Duration: Jan 22 2005 → Jan 25 2005

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Other	Photonic Therapeutics and Diagnostics
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Jose, CA
Period	1/22/05 → 1/25/05

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Out-of-plane polarimetric imaging of skin: Surface and subsurface effects. / Ramella-Roman, Jessica C.; Duncan, Don; Germer, Thomas A.
Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE. ed. / K.E. Bartels; L.S. Bass; W.T.W. Riese; K.W. Gregory; H. Hirschberg. Vol. 5686 2005. p. 142-153 26.

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Ramella-Roman, JC, Duncan, D & Germer, TA 2005, Out-of-plane polarimetric imaging of skin: Surface and subsurface effects. in KE Bartels, LS Bass, WTW Riese, KW Gregory & H Hirschberg (eds), Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE. vol. 5686, 26, pp. 142-153, Photonic Therapeutics and Diagnostics, San Jose, CA, United States, 1/22/05. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.592399

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