A dermoscope allowing the use of surgical light as illumination

Tonomura, Kyoko; Shirabe, Hirotsugu; Tanaka, Masaru

doi:10.5826/dpc.0403a19

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“…The dermoscopic images (Figs ) were obtained with a self‐made, contact, non‐polarized dermoscope under a white halogen surgical light (Fig. ) and the biopsy specimens were stained by hematoxylin–eosin. Four representative colors were identified from the three cases of PSL.…”

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Estimating melanin location in the pigmented skin lesions by hue–saturation–lightness color space values of dermoscopic images

Ando

Ikinaga

Tanaka

2017

The Journal of Dermatology

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The depth of melanin in the skin can be estimated roughly by observation of the color exhibited on dermoscopy. Currently, there are no objective methods to estimate it. The aim of the present study was to clarify the relationship between the depth of melanin in the skin and the color variation exhibited, and to objectively estimate the 3-D location of melanin in the pigmented skin lesions from dermoscopic images. Representative colors in dermoscopic images of acral compound nevus, Spitz nevus and blue nevus were evaluated by the subjectively perceived color on dermoscopy and objective values in hue-saturation-lightness color space values. Brown colors due to small quantities of superficial melanin in the skin had high saturation and low lightness values, whereas black colors due to large quantities of superficial melanin had low saturation and low lightness values. On the other hand, colors due to melanin in the dermis were perceived as blue-gray on dermoscopy, but extracted colors showed gray-brown hue and intermediate saturation and high lightness values. In all cases, extracted representative colors of pigmented skin lesions had similar hue values within the red-orange range. Objective estimation of the 3-D location of melanin in the pigmented skin lesions is possible by the saturation and lightness values of the colors extracted from dermoscopic images. Subjectively perceived colors of melanin, especially in the dermis, can be modified by the surrounding environment effect and blue color perception.

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