Optical properties of human skin

T Lister, PA Wright, PH Chappell - Journal of biomedical optics, 2012 - spiedigitallibrary.org
A survey of the literature is presented that provides an analysis of the optical properties of
human skin, with particular regard to their applications in medicine. Included is a description …

Bare skin, blood and the evolution of primate colour vision

MA Changizi, Q Zhang, S Shimojo - Biology letters, 2006 - royalsocietypublishing.org
We investigate the hypothesis that colour vision in primates was selected for discriminating
the spectral modulations on the skin of conspecifics, presumably for the purpose of …

[BOOK][B] Understanding and develo** scienceteachers' pedagogical content knowledge

J Loughran, A Berry, P Mulhall - 2012 - books.google.com
There has been a growing interest in the notion of a scholarship of teaching. Such
scholarship is displayed through a teacher's grasp of, and response to, the relationships …

Appearance of enhanced tissue features in narrow-band endoscopic imaging

K Gono, T Obi, M Yamaguchi… - … of biomedical optics, 2004 - spiedigitallibrary.org
This study was performed to examine the usefulness of medical endoscopic imaging
utilizing narrow-band illumination. The contrast between the vascular pattern and the …

Endoscopic observation of tissue by narrowband illumination

K Gono, K Yamazaki, N Doguchi, T Nonami, T Obi… - Optical Review, 2003 - Springer
We propose a new illumination method for a medical endoscope: narrow band imaging
(NBI), in which the spectral bandwidth of the filtered light is narrowed. To confirm how the …

Apparatus and method for obtaining and providing imaging information associated with at least one portion of a sample, and effecting such portion (s)

GJ Tearney, BE Bouma, D Yelin - US Patent 8,838,213, 2014 - Google Patents
Exemplary apparatus and process can be provided for imaging information associated with
at least one portion of a sample. For example,(i) at least two first different wavelengths of at …

The physics of near-infrared photography

K Mangold, JA Shaw, M Vollmer - European Journal of physics, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
The physics behind the sometimes strange effects and'unnatural'appearance of near-
infrared (NIR) photographs is discussed in terms of reflection, absorption and transmission …

The science behind the quest to determine the age of bruises—a review of the English language literature

NEI Langlois - Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology, 2007 - Springer
Bruises are common injuries that can have medicolegal significance. There are those that
maintain it is not possible to estimate the age of bruises. However, appreciation of the …

Characterization of vascular structures and skin bruises using hyperspectral imaging, image analysis and diffusion theory

LL Randeberg, ELP Larsen… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Hyperspectral imaging, image analysis and diffusion theory were used to visualize skin
vasculature and to monitor the development of fresh skin bruises. Bruises were inflicted in a …

[BOOK][B] Principles of diffuse light propagation: light propagation in tissues with applications in biology and medicine

JR Lorenzo - 2012 - books.google.com
The main idea behind this book is to present a rigorous derivation of the equations that
govern light propagation in highly scattering media, with an emphasis on their applications …