Compact multi-functional skin spectrometry set-up

Ilona Kuzmina; Alexey Lihachev; Lasma Gailite; Janis Spigulis

doi:10.1117/12.726455

25 January 2007 Compact multi-functional skin spectrometry set-up

Ilona Kuzmina, Alexey Lihachev, Lasma Gailite, Janis Spigulis

Proceedings Volume 6596, Advanced Optical Materials, Technologies, and Devices; 65960T (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.726455
Event: Advanced Optical Materials, Technologies, and Devices, 2006, Vilnius, Lithuania

Abstract

A portable fibre-optic spectrometry set-up has been assembled and tested for applications in skin diffuse reflectance spectrometry, laser fluorescence spectrometry and multi-wavelength reflection photoplethysmography (multi-PPG) studies. The spectrometry set was tested by diffuse reflectance and fluorescence measurements for diagnostics of skin vascular malformations and pigmented diseases such as nevi and melanoma. In addition, studies of microcirculation in blood vessels located at different depths from the skin surface were performed by the multi-PPG method. The results of skin diffuse reflectance and autofluorescence showed differences in spectra of healthy and pathologic skin. The parameter ratio "pathologic/healthy" has been calculated in order to check the possibility of quantifying the specific pathology. The autofluorescence fading effect was observed. Our studies of the blood volume pulsations confirmed the possibility to separate the time-variable PPG component from the total skin diffuse reflectance signal.

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Ilona Kuzmina, Alexey Lihachev, Lasma Gailite, and Janis Spigulis "Compact multi-functional skin spectrometry set-up", Proc. SPIE 6596, Advanced Optical Materials, Technologies, and Devices, 65960T (25 January 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.726455

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