Saratov Fall Meeting 2004

Revealing the colors of tissues using superficially scattered polarized light

Steven L. Jacques^1,2, Vince Rossi⁴, John Viator¹, Shilong Lu³, Xiao-Jing Wang³

Dermatology¹, Biomedical Engineering², Otolaryngology³
Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA
Physics⁴, Oregon State University, Corvalis, OR, USA

Oregon Medical Laser Center (OMLC) home page
OHSU Biomedical Optics home page
Email: sjacques@bme.ogi.edu

Table of Contents

• 1. Abstract
• 2. A polarized light camera
• 3. Using an RGB camera.
• 4. The experimental setup
• 5. Close-up of RGB image.
• 6. Summary

"This paper discusses how to use an RGB CCD camera
to take polarized light images that reveal the colors
of tissue based on superficially scattered photons."