title: Skin biomedical optical imaging system using dual-wavelength polarimetric control with liquid crystals.
abstract: Spectropolarimetric skin imaging is becoming an attractive technique for early detection of skin cancer. Using two liquid crystal retarders in combination with a dual-band passive spectral filter and two linear polarizers, we demonstrate the spectral and polarimetric imaging of skin tissue in the near infrared. Based on this concept, a compact prototype module has been built and is being used for clinical evaluation.
authors.affiliation: Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Electro-Optic Engineering, Beer Sheva, 84105 Israel.
authors.forename: Avner
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Safrani
authors.forename: Ofir
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Aharon
authors.forename: Shahar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mor
authors.forename: Ofer
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Arnon
authors.forename: Lior
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rosenberg
authors.forename: Ibrahim
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Abdulhalim
mesh_terms: D046169:Dermoscopy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D006801:Humans; D050866:Liquid Crystals; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012031:Refractometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*