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23 February 2010 Clinical combination of multiphoton tomography and high frequency ultrasound imaging for evaluation of skin diseases
K. König, M. Speicher, M. J. Koehler, R. Scharenberg, P. Elsner, M. Kaatz
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Abstract
For the first time, high frequency ultrasound imaging, multiphoton tomography, and dermoscopy were combined in a clinical study. Different dermatoses such as benign and malign skin cancers, connective tissue diseases, inflammatory skin diseases and autoimmune bullous skin diseases have been investigated with (i) state-of-the-art and highly sophisticated ultrasound systems for dermatology, (ii) the femtosecond-laser multiphoton tomograph DermaInspectTM and (iii) dermoscopes. Dermoscopy provides two-dimensional color imaging of the skin surface with a magnification up to 70x. Ultrasound images are generated from reflections of the emitted ultrasound signal, based on inhomogeneities of the tissue. These echoes are converted to electrical signals. Depending on the ultrasound frequency the penetration depth varies from about 1 mm to 16 mm in dermatological application. The 100-MHz-ultrasound system provided an axial resolution down to 16 μm and a lateral resolution down to 32 μm. In contrast to the wide-field ultrasound images, multiphoton tomography provided horizontal optical sections of 0.36×0.36 mm2 down to 200 μm tissue depth with submicron resolution. The autofluorescence of mitochondrial coenzymes, melanin, and elastin as well as the secondharmonic- generation signal of the collagen network were imaged. The combination of ultrasound and multiphoton tomography provides a novel opportunity for diagnostics of skin disorders.
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K. König, M. Speicher, M. J. Koehler, R. Scharenberg, P. Elsner, and M. Kaatz "Clinical combination of multiphoton tomography and high frequency ultrasound imaging for evaluation of skin diseases", Proc. SPIE 7564, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2010, 75642K (23 February 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.840961
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KEYWORDS
Ultrasonography

Skin

Multiphoton tomography

Image resolution

Imaging systems

Melanoma

Tissue optics

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