<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

Publié en ligne: 15 déc. 2014

Pages: 65 - 70

Reçu: 20 août 2014

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

Mots clés
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

Publié en ligne: 15 déc. 2014

Pages: 65 - 70

Reçu: 20 août 2014

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

Mots clésvideo 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.

Mots clés
video microscope, dermascope, skin malformations, skin diagnostics