title: Skin color modeling using the radiative transfer equation solved by the auxiliary function method: inverse problem.
abstract: In a previous article [J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 24, 2196 (2007)] we have modeled skin color using the radiative transfer equation, solved by the auxiliary function method. Three main parameters have been determined as being predominant in the diversity of skin color: the concentrations of melanosomes and of red blood cells and the oxygen saturation of blood. From the reflectance spectrum measured on real Caucasian skin, these parameters are now evaluated by minimizing the standard deviation on the adjusted wavelength range between the experimental spectrum and simulated spectra gathered in a database.
authors.affiliation: Institut des NanoSciences de Paris, UMR CNRS 7588, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France. caroline. magnain@insp.jussieu.fr
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Magnain
authors.forename: Mady
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Elias
authors.forename: Jean-Marc
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Frigerio
mesh_terms: D001769:Blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D003116:Color; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D020460:Melanosomes / Q000378:metabolism; D008954:Models, Biological; D009716:Numerical Analysis, Computer-Assisted; D055095:Optics and Photonics; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood*; D010858:Pigmentation; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D012880:Skin Pigmentation; D044465:White People
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen