<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Commercial <italic>DinoLite</italic> AD413 digital microscope was modified for skin diagnostics purposes. The original LED ring (4 white and 4 ultraviolet light emitters) of microscope was replaced by a custom-designed 16-LED ring module consisting of four LED groups (450, 545, 660 and 940 nm), and an onboard LED controller with USB hub was added. The video acquisition and LED switching are performed using custom-designed Matlab software which provides real-time spectral analysis of multi-spectral images and calculation of skin chromophore optical density. The developed multispectral video-microscope is mainly meant for diagnostics of skin malformations, e.g. skin cancerous lesions.</p></abstract>

Commercial DinoLite AD413 digital microscope was modified for skin diagnostics purposes. The original LED ring (4 white and 4 ultraviolet light emitters) of microscope was replaced by a custom-designed 16-LED ring module consisting of four LED groups (450, 545, 660 and 940 nm), and an onboard LED controller with USB hub was added. The video acquisition and LED switching are performed using custom-designed Matlab software which provides real-time spectral analysis of multi-spectral images and calculation of skin chromophore optical density. The developed multispectral video-microscope is mainly meant for diagnostics of skin malformations, e.g. skin cancerous lesions.

Multispectral Video-Microscope Modified for Skin Diagnostics

Biophotonics Laboratory, Institute of Atomic Physics and Spectroscopy, University of Latvia, 19 Raina Blvd., Riga, LV-1586, LATVIA

Latvian Journal of Physics and Technical Sciences

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MODIFICĒTS MULTISPEKTRĀLAIS VIDEO MIKROSKOPS ĀDAS DIAGNOSTIKAI

Commercial DinoLite AD413 digital microscope was modified for skin diagnostics purposes. The original LED ring (4 white and 4 ultraviolet light emitters) of...

Multispectral Video-Microscope Modified for Skin Diagnostics

Article Category: Biophotonics

Published Online: Dec 15, 2014

Page range: 65 - 70

Received: Aug 20, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/lpts-2014-0031

Keywords
video microscope, dermascope, skin malformations, skin diagnostics

© 2014 U. Rubins et. al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Multispectral Video-Microscope Modified for Skin Diagnostics

Article Category: Biophotonics

Published Online: Dec 15, 2014

Page range: 65 - 70

Received: Aug 20, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/lpts-2014-0031

Keywordsvideo microscope, dermascope, skin malformations, skin diagnostics

© 2014 U. Rubins et. al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
video microscope, dermascope, skin malformations, skin diagnostics