Optics: measuring and testing – By polarized light examination
Patent
1996-04-16
1998-04-21
Evans, F. L.
Optics: measuring and testing
By polarized light examination
356369, G01N 2121
Patent
active
057423920
ABSTRACT:
Light reflected from skin has two components: regular reflectance, or "glare" arising from the surface, and light backscattered from within the tissue. The regular reflectance contains the visual cues related to surface texture, whereas the backscattered component contains the cues related to pigmentation, erythema, infiltrates, vessels and other intracutaneous structures. Unlike the backscattered component, regular reflectance preserves the plane of polarization of polarized incident light. Thus, viewing skin through a linear polarizer, under linearly polarized illumination, separates the two components of tissue reflectance. When the planes of polarization are parallel, images with enhanced surface detail are obtained. When the planes are orthogonal, wrinkles and surface detail disappear, and an enhanced view of vasculature and pigmented lesions is obtained. Apparatus for performing such inspection is disclosed.
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Anderson Richard Rox
Farinelli William A.
Kollias Nikiforos
Evans F. L.
Seymour Light, Inc.
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