SPECTROSCOPIC SYSTEM FOR DERMATOLOGICAL LESION DIAGNOSIS

该计划的目标是提供一个创新的新的 用于表征色素性病变和其他潜在的 可能是癌性或癌前病变的皮肤受损区域。 目的是提供一种新的研究和临床技术， 可以导致早期发现潜在的恶性病变， 病人可及早接受治疗。 这是特别 重要是因为这些皮肤病损通常对 有利于早期治疗。 拟议的方法包括 多功能二维光谱成像仪的研制 它可以用来修改我们以前开发的皮肤病学， 视频比较器 该系统将允许快速和容易地获取 无法获取的嫌犯的光谱图像 病变 这些光谱最终会自动 其特征在于， 项目可行， 可能是成功的，因为它的大部分是基于一个综合的 在其他国家已被证明实用和可行的技术 应用.

The objective of this program is to make available an innovative new technology for characterizing pigmented lesions and other potentially damaged areas of the skin which may be cancerous or pre-cancerous. The goal is to provide a new research and clinical technique which can lead to early detection of potentially malignant lesions so that the patient can benefit from early treatment. This is particularly important since these dermatological lesions generally respond very favorable to early treatment. The proposed methodology involves development of a versatile, two-dimensional spectroscopic imager which can be used to modify our previously developed dermatological video comparator. This system will allow quick and easy acquisition of otherwise inaccessible spectrographic images of the suspect lesions. These spectra will eventually be automatically characterized by a host microcomputer. The project is feasible and likely to be successful as much of it is based on a synthesis of technologies which have proven practical and viable in other applications.