Detection of melanomas by digital imaging of spectrally resolved UV light-induced autofluorescence of human skin

B. W. Chwirot; S. Chwirot; W. Jedrzejczyk; J. Redzinski; A. M. Raczynska; K. Telega

doi:10.1117/12.432960

11 July 2001 Detection of melanomas by digital imaging of spectrally resolved UV light-induced autofluorescence of human skin

B. W. Chwirot, S. Chwirot, W. Jedrzejczyk, J. Redzinski, A. M. Raczynska, K. Telega

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Proceedings Volume 4515, Light and Optics in Biomedicine; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.432960
Event: Light and Optics in Biomedicine, 2000, Warsaw, Poland

Abstract

We studied spectral and spatial distributions of the intensity of the ultraviolet light-excited fluorescence of human skin. Our studied performed in situ in 162 patients with malignant and non-malignant skin lesions resulted in a new method of detecting melanomas in situ using digital imaging of the spectrally resolved fluorescence. With our diagnostic algorithm we could successfully detect 88.5% of the cases of melanoma in the group of patients subject to examinations with the fluorescence method. A patent application for the method has been submitted to the Patent Office in Warsaw.

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B. W. Chwirot, S. Chwirot, W. Jedrzejczyk, J. Redzinski, A. M. Raczynska, and K. Telega "Detection of melanomas by digital imaging of spectrally resolved UV light-induced autofluorescence of human skin", Proc. SPIE 4515, Light and Optics in Biomedicine, (11 July 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.432960

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