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| POLARIZED-LIGHT EXAMINATION AND PHOTOGRAPHY OF THE SKIN |
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| Author(s): ANDERSON RR |
| Source: ARCHIVES OF DERMATOLOGY Volume: 127 Issue: 7 Pages: 1000-1005 Published: JUL 1991 |
| Times Cited: 103 References: 11 |
| Abstract: Light reflected from skin has two components: regular reflectance, or "glare" arising from the surface, and light backscattered from within the tissue. The regular reflectance contains the visual cues related to surface texture, whereas the backscattered component contains the cues related to pigmentation, erythema, infiltrates, vessels, and other intracutaneous structures. Unlike the backscattered component, regular reflectance preserves the plane of polarization of polarized incident light. Thus, viewing skin through a linear polarizer, under linearly polarized illumination, separates the two components of tissue reflectance. Thirty patients were examined and photographed in this manner. When the planes of polarization are parallel, images with enhanced surface detail are obtained. When the planes are orthogonal, wrinkles and surface detail disappear, and an enhanced view of vasculature and pigmented lesions is obtained. Simple, clinically useful techniques are presented. |
| Document Type: Article |
| Language: English |
| Reprint Address: ANDERSON, RR (reprint author), HARVARD UNIV, MASSACHUSETTS GEN HOSP, SCH MED, DEPT DERMATOL, BOSTON, MA 02114 USA |
| Publisher: AMER MEDICAL ASSOC, 515 N STATE ST, CHICAGO, IL 60610 |
| Subject Category: Dermatology |
| IDS Number: FW298 |
| ISSN: 0003-987X |
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