Novel illumination system for a smartphone-attachable dermoscope

用于可连接智能手机的皮肤镜的新型照明系统

• 批准号: 486926-2015
• 负责人: Whitehead, Lorne
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: University of British Columbia
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Engage Grants Program
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2015-01-01 至 2016-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=585842
• 关键词: Novel; illumination; system; smartphone; attachable

Today, dermatologists cannot see enough suspected skin cancer patients fast enough for timely and effective screening and early diagnosis of skin cancers, the most common cancer in North America. Consequently, patients are waiting too long to access dermatologists for skin cancer diagnosis. MetaOptima has designed and developed MoleScope(TM), a low-cost illuminated magnifier (called a dermoscope) that attaches to a smartphone's camera to acquire magnified images of skin lesions. MetaOptima launched MoleScope at World Congress of Dermatology in Vancouver in June 2015. The product is registered in Canada, EU, US and Australia as a Class 1 medical device for the capture, storage and transfer of photographs of skin surfaces. Using MoleScope, patients can capture images for remote review by their dermatologist, allowing their doctor to perform fast and effective skin cancer diagnosis. The MoleScope smartphone app is currently being used to monitor skin lesions over time, for early identification of skin cancer. The aim of this project is to incorporate a new method of illumination into the MoleScope device. By replacing the precise optical and lighting components currently used in professional dermoscopes, this new lighting design will enable MoleScope to acquire high quality images at considerably lower cost. The project will also explore the possibility of incorporating polarizing filters to reduce reflections from the skin surface, enabling the dermoscope be used to quickly view lesions without skin contact, and also to reveal circulatory structures below the surface of the skin which are very important for diagnosis of basal cell carcinoma. Working with MetaOptima Inc., this proposal aims to engage and access the PI's expertise in photonics and optics, to develop a prototype of this novel low-cost dermoscope.

今天，皮肤科医生无法及时有效地看到足够多的疑似皮肤癌患者