Abstract
A spectroradiometer was designed and built to record in vivo absorption characteristics of the lateral elbow. An analysis of variance of spectral characteristics between 400 and 1100 nanometers of faculative melanin to skin types one two and three was performed. The hypothysis that skin type could be differentiate by spectral recordings of in vivo faculative melanin was rejected. Further research is required to correlate constitutional melanin to skin type classification, in order to form a reference for pigmented cutaneous lesion classification.
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Skin absorption--Analysis--Technique; Spectroradiometer
Publication Date
1984
Document Type
Thesis
Student Type
Undergraduate
Degree Name
Photographic and Imaging Technology (BS)
Department, Program, or Center
School of Photographic Arts and Sciences (CIAS)
Advisor
Lowell Goldsmith
Recommended Citation
Mahran, Howard E., "In Vivo Spectral Absorption Analysis Enabling the Classification of Pigmented Cutaneous Lesions: Investigating System Design and the Role of Faculative Melanin in the Spectral Determination of Skin Type Classification" (1984). Thesis. Rochester Institute of Technology. Accessed from
https://repository.rit.edu/theses/6517
Campus
RIT – Main Campus
Plan Codes
PHIMTEC-BS
