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3×3 Technique for RGB Snapshot Mapping of Skin Chromophores

Janis SpigulisIlze Oshina

subject

medicine.medical_specialtyMaterials scienceintegumentary systembusiness.industryImage processingChromophoreRgb imageSpectral imagingmedicineRGB color modelSnapshot (computer storage)Computer visionArtificial intelligenceMonochromatic colorImage sensorbusiness

description

Three monochromatic spectral images have been extracted from a single RGB image data set at simultaneous illumination of skin by 473nm, 532nm and 609nm spectral lines. They were further transformed into distribution maps of three skin chromophores - melanin, oxy-hemoglobin and deoxy-hemoglobin, related to pigmented and vascular skin malformations. Performance and clinical potential of the proposed 3×3 technique is discussed.

https://doi.org/10.1364/boda.2015.jt3a.39