Skin hydration imaging using a long-wavelength near-infrared digital camera

E. Michael Attas; Trevor B. Posthumus; Bernhard J. Schattka; Michael G. Sowa; Henry H. Mantsch; Shuliang L. Zhang

doi:10.1117/12.432483

2 July 2001 Skin hydration imaging using a long-wavelength near-infrared digital camera

E. Michael Attas, Trevor B. Posthumus, Bernhard J. Schattka, Michael G. Sowa, Henry H. Mantsch, Shuliang L. Zhang

Proceedings Volume 4259, Biomarkers and Biological Spectral Imaging; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.432483
Event: BiOS 2001 The International Symposium on Biomedical Optics, 2001, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Skin hydration is a key factor in skin health. Hydration measurements can provide diagnostic information on the condition of skin and can indicate the integrity of the skin barrier function. Near-infrared spectroscopy measures the water content of living tissue by its effect on tissue reflectance at a particular wavelength. Imaging has the important advantage of showing the degree of hydration as a function of location. Short-wavelength (650-1050 nm) near infrared spectroscopic reflectance imaging has previously been used in-vivo to determine the relative water content of skin under carefully controlled laboratory conditions. We have recently developed a novel spectroscopic imaging system to acquire image sets in the long-wavelength region of the near infrared (960 to 1700 nm), where the water absorption bands are more intense. The LW-NIR systems uses a liquid- crystal tunable filter in front of the objective lens and incorporates a 12-bit digital camera with a 320-by-240-pixel indium-gallium arsenide array sensor. Custom software controls the camera and tunable filter, allowing image sets to be acquired and displayed in near-real time. Forearm skin hydration was measured in a clinical context using the long- wavelength imaging system, a short-wavelength imaging system, and non-imaging instrumentation. Among these, the LW-NIR system appears to be the most sensitive at measuring dehydration of skin.

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E. Michael Attas, Trevor B. Posthumus, Bernhard J. Schattka, Michael G. Sowa, Henry H. Mantsch, and Shuliang L. Zhang "Skin hydration imaging using a long-wavelength near-infrared digital camera", Proc. SPIE 4259, Biomarkers and Biological Spectral Imaging, (2 July 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.432483

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