Dermoscopy and skin imaging light sources: a comparison and review of spectral power distribution and color consistency.

ABSTRACT:

Significance

Dermoscopes incorporate light, polarizers, and optical magnification into a handheld tool that is commonly used by dermatologists to evaluate skin findings. Diagnostic accuracy is improved when dermoscopes are used, and some major artificial intelligence (AI) projects have been accomplished using dermocopic images. Color rendering consistency and fidelity are crucial for clinical diagnostics, AI, and image processing applications.

Aim

With many devices available on the market, our objective was to measure the emission spectra of various dermoscopes, compare them with other light sources, and illustrate variations in reflected colors from images of a reference sample.

Approach

A spectrometer measured the spectral power distribution (SPD) produced by four d

SUBMITTER: Hanlon KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9360608 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature