Color appearance of skin tissues and blood vessels: in-vitro and in-vivo experiments

Izumi Nishidate; Yoshihisa Aizu; Naomichi Yokoi; Tomonori Yuasa; Hiromichi Mishina

doi:10.1117/12.427089

8 May 2001 Color appearance of skin tissues and blood vessels: in-vitro and in-vivo experiments

Izumi Nishidate, Yoshihisa Aizu, Naomichi Yokoi, Tomonori Yuasa, Hiromichi Mishina

Proceedings Volume 4416, Optical Engineering for Sensing and Nanotechnology (ICOSN 2001); (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.427089
Event: Optical Engineering for Sensing and Nanotechnology (ICOSN '01), 2001, Yokohama, Japan

Abstract

The bluish appearance of veins in the skin tissue was experimentally investigated by in vivo and in vitro measurements. The color of skin surface including veins inside was evaluated by spectrophotometry and color analysis in the CIEXYZ and CIELAB colorimetric systems. The bluish appearance was successfully interpreted by the dominant wavelength and the color difference. Results for in vitro experiments showed that the degree of bluish appearance depends on the depth and diameter of blood vessels.

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Izumi Nishidate, Yoshihisa Aizu, Naomichi Yokoi, Tomonori Yuasa, and Hiromichi Mishina "Color appearance of skin tissues and blood vessels: in-vitro and in-vivo experiments", Proc. SPIE 4416, Optical Engineering for Sensing and Nanotechnology (ICOSN 2001), (8 May 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.427089

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