An ultra-bright white LED based non-contact skin cancer imaging system with polarization control

A. Günther; C. Basu; B. Roth; M. Meinhardt-Wollweber

doi:10.1117/12.2032567

18 June 2013 An ultra-bright white LED based non-contact skin cancer imaging system with polarization control

A. Günther, C. Basu, B. Roth, M. Meinhardt-Wollweber

Proceedings Volume 8798, Clinical and Biomedical Spectroscopy and Imaging III; 87980O (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2032567
Event: European Conferences on Biomedical Optics, 2013, Munich, Germany

Abstract

Early detection and excision of melanoma skin cancer is crucial for a successful therapy. Dermoscopy in direct contact with the skin is routinely used for inspection, but screening is time consuming for high-risk patients with a large number of nevi. Features like symmetry, border, color and most importantly changes like growth or depigmentation of a nevus may indicate malignancy. We present a non-contact remote imaging system for human melanocytic nevi with homogenous illumination by an ultra-bright white LED. The advantage compared to established dermoscopy systems requiring direct skin contact is that deformation of raised nevi is avoided and full-body scans of the patients may time-efficiently be obtained while they are in a lying, comfortable position. This will ultimately allow for automated screening in the future. In addition, calibration of true color rendering, which is essential for distinguishing between benign and malignant lesions and to ensure reproducibility and comparison between individual check-ups in order to follow nevi evolution is implemented as well as suppression of specular highlights on the skin surface by integration of polarizing filters. Important features of the system which will be crucial for future integration into automated systems are the possibility to record images without artifacts in combination with short exposure times which both reduce image blurring caused by patient motion.

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A. Günther, C. Basu, B. Roth, and M. Meinhardt-Wollweber "An ultra-bright white LED based non-contact skin cancer imaging system with polarization control", Proc. SPIE 8798, Clinical and Biomedical Spectroscopy and Imaging III, 87980O (18 June 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2032567

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