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Title Noninvasive imaging of human skin hemodynamics using a digital red-green-blue camera
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Authors Nishidate, I; Tanaka, N; Kawase, T; Maeda, T; Yuasa, T; Aizu, Y; Yuasa, T; Niizeki, K
Title Noninvasive imaging of human skin hemodynamics using a digital red-green-blue camera
Year 2011
Published Journal Of Biomedical Optics, 16, 8
DOI 10.1117/1.3613929
Abstract In order to visualize human skin hemodynamics, we investigated a method that is specifically developed for the visualization of concentrations of oxygenated blood, deoxygenated blood, and melanin in skin tissue from digital RGB color images. Images of total blood concentration and oxygen saturation can also be reconstructed from the results of oxygenated and deoxygenated blood. Experiments using tissue-like agar gel phantoms demonstrated the ability of the developed method to quantitatively visualize the transition from an oxygenated blood to a deoxygenated blood in dermis. In vivo imaging of the chromophore concentrations and tissue oxygen saturation in the skin of the human hand are performed for 14 subjects during upper limb occlusion at 50 and 250 mm Hg. The response of the total blood concentration in the skin acquired by this method and forearm volume changes obtained from the conventional strain-gauge plethysmograph were comparable during the upper arm occlusion at pressures of both 50 and 250 mm Hg. The results presented in the present paper indicate the possibility of visualizing the hemodynamics of subsurface skin tissue. (C) 2011 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). [DOI: 10.1117/1.3613929]
Author Keywords skin tissue; blood; hemoglobin; oxygen saturation; RGB image; Monte Carlo simulation; strain-gauge plethysmograph; upper arm occlusion
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
EID WOS:000295441500024
WoS Category Biochemical Research Methods; Optics; Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Research Area Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Optics; Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
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