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Zeng et al.
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ABSTRACT
BC CANCER AGENCY,
Vancouver, BC (CA)
11/722,878
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PCT Filed:
(86)
PCT No.:
PCT/CA05/01967
371 (0X1)
(2), (4) Date:
roughness.
12
,
LIGHT
-c1
SOURCE
l
I
1 CA
lMAGiNG
DETECTOR
Z
32
328 \
/" 32A
k__ 20
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LIGHT
i-'_"""__ SOURCE
10A 1
"
IMAGING
'_ _
DETECTOR
k- 20
328 j
32
\
/" 32A
18
14 L
S
M1 pV,A
FIGURE 1A
33
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FIGURE 2
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4.1
6.
B
O2
0.4
0.8
1.2
1.6
2.4
FIGURE 3
2.8
3.2
3.6
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FIGURE 4
Contras
0.0
o
50
100
150
Pixels
FIGURE 5
200
250
1.0
?ioAutncreaflsionty
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1 i1
0.5
0.0
'
floAutncrefaiolnsty
FIGURE 65
FIGURE 7
ywmbco
roughness (micron)
FIGURE 8
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328
2A
52 m
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48
:2.
49
40\
MV/
J
50
I]
46
by;
FIGURE 9
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FIGURE 10
102
100
POSITION SKIN f
104
ILLUMINATE SKIN f
I
MEASURE
f 106
SPECKLE
PATTERN
"
COMPUTE SKIN
ROUGHNESS
108
|r AUTOMATIC
'TNT5U'T'TT)_ if 110
I
DIAGNOSIS
SYSTEM
FIGURE 11
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[0001]
[0010]
[0002]
optical radiation.
BACKGROUND
[0014]
[0018]
surface pro?les.
[0008]
(2003).
[0023] Lagarde, J. M. et al. Skin topography measurement
by interferencefringe projection: a technical validation. Skin
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eye.
[0031]
form Analysis.
[0025]
(2003).
[0027]
[0034]
invasive biopsy.
trast.
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pattern.
[0037]
[0038]
coherent light.
[0059]
[0040]
[0044]
DESCRIPTION
repeatable.
source.
[0054]
[0055]
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[0065]
(1)
bly 32. Light guide 32A may comprise a single mode optical
?bre or a multimode optical ?bre for example. Light guide
32B may comprise a random ?ber bundle or a coherent ?ber
that make up light guide 32A be near the centre of the bundle.
imaging detector 20. Optical ?bre 32A and light guide 32B
are shoWn as being coaxial in FIG. 1A. Other arrangements
are also possible. For example, optical ?bre 32A and light
guide 32B may be located beside one another to provide
optical paths similar to those provided by the apparatus of
FIG. 1.
[0076] Since the light in beam 14 contains a range of Wave
[0071]
tiple frames.
[0078]
6.
c: 2
(2)
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Where:
[0079]
C_
(3)
_ <1 + (401012)
Where:
[0081]
[0082]
tion:
7r
(5)
LC _ 1.1807.
[0083]
ofC as folloWs:
7w
UN- 1.18Lc 51
(7)
[VJ/3,522)
()
Where:
_ A20
(9)
Where:
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C: 1%
AD
having radius R;
3. Calculate the mean value and standard deviation for the set
nated spot (eg the diameter of beam 14), the angles 0 and 4)
sensor 20. In theory, the mean speckle siZe in the far ?eld is
given by:
interface);
[0095]
Where:
d is the mean speckle diameter;
Z is the distance from the surface at Which scattering occurs;
and
[0104]
terns.
be approximately 25 pixels.
speckle siZe. For the data in FIG. 6B, the mean speckle siZe is
24 pixels.
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In -1,
[H +1,
(14)
Where:
IV and I i are the intensities measured With polariZer 24 in tWo
Where:
Z is the distance from surface S to imaging detector 20; and,
orthogonal positions.
surface S.
etry:0.82.
[0108]
2
2\/7Tz\/ 1 + (407(0')2
q >> Ff?
(13)
be obtained by computing:
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TABLE I
Speckle pattern contrast for sand paper samples for illuminated
TABLE 11
Mean
Contrast
intensity
Grain
3 min
3 min
2 min
size (urn)
spot
Error
spot
spot
Error
spot
25
60
93
116
141
268
1.01
0.92
0.98
1
0.97
0.91
0.08
0.07
0.08
0.09
0.08
0.09
24.25
34.42
27.25
27.85
28.2
13.06
1.01
0.9
0.98
0.97
0.96
0.89
0.08
0.09
0.08
0.09
0.1
0.11
29.65
51.45
32.32
30.69
24.04
17.93
[0118]
2 mm
Nurnber of Layers
Theoretical
Measured
(N)
contrast
contrast
Error
1
2
3
1
0.71
0.58
0.99
0.75
0.63
0.02
0.05
0.04
TABLE 1A
[0122]
Roughness (urn)
Contrast
#32
#63
0.8
1.6
0.96 z 0.04
1.04 z 0.07
#125
3.17
0.97 10.03
#250
6.35
0.89 z 0.04
#500
12.7
0.73 z 0.08
#1000
25.4
0.67 z 0.08
Object
Mean
Intensity Contrast
[0119]
given by:
Where:
<. . . >indicates ensemble averaging;
respectively; and,
1
(15)
intensity distribution.
in the case Where all of the independent speckle patterns have
equal mean intensities.
[0120] The inventors have tested the relationship of Equa
[0125]
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Where:
[0134]
[0135]
872-877, (1975).
[0129] Apparatus 60 includes a light source 62 that issues a
beam of light 64 toWard a surface S being studied. Surface S
TABLE III
)M
0 (degrees)
60 (degrees)
632
632
45
45
0.5
2
10 to 30
3 to 13
[0136]
(20)
knoWn location.
[0130] As an alternative to the provision of a mechanism
66, apparatus 60 could have a second light source 63 oriented
to direct a secondbeam of light 65A onto surface S at an angle
that differs from 0 by an amount 60. Light source 63 should
speckle patterns.
[0132]
Equation (19).
[0138]
(19)
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noma.
[0144]
[0150]
like projections.
[0151] Coherence-length measurements may be performed
With a backscattering geometry or a transmission geometry.
In a backscattering geometry the standards are re?ective.
Light re?ected from the surface of the standard creates a
[0153]
[0154]
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5. (canceled)
6. A method according to claim 2 Wherein computing the
measure of roughness of the area of the biological surface
constant.
[0158]
speckle pattern.
10. (canceled)
1 1 . A method according to claim 8 Wherein determining the
speckle pattern.
12. A method according to claim 6 Wherein a Wavelength of
the optical radiation is shorter than 600 nm.
13. A method according to claim 6 Wherein the optical
radiation comprises green or blue light.
14. A method according to claim 2 Wherein the optical
determined polariZation.
15. A method according to claim 2 Wherein the optical
polariZations.
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12
ond angle.
33 . A method according to claim 32 comprising computing
19-20. (canceled)
21. A method according to claim 1 Wherein making mea
V:
[max 1min
[max + 1min
22-25. (canceled)
26. A method according to claim 1 Wherein illuminating an
area of the biological surface of a subject With coherent opti
Youngs fringe.
35. A method according to claim 33 Wherein computing the
measure of roughness is based on visibilities of a plurality of
Youngs fringes.
36. A method according to claim 35 Wherein obtaining an
second Wavelengths.
biological surface.
27r
27r
surface.
1(k1)
(4)
threshold roughness.
43. (canceled)
puted for W.
31. A method according to claim 1 Wherein illuminating
the area of the biological surface comprises illuminating the
area of the biological surface With the optical radiation inci
dent from ?rst and second angles.
32. A method according to claim 31 comprising, obtaining
an image comprisingYoungs fringes resulting from the com
bination of ?rst and second speckle patterns, the ?rst speckle
threshold roughness.
45. (canceled)
46. A method according to claim 41 Wherein the automatic