Steven L. Jacques, Ph.D., Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Oregon Graduate Institute, Portland, Oregon, USA. email: jacquess@ohsu.edu, https://omlc.org

A prototype polarization camera.

Comparison of white light versus polarization images.

Sclerosing basal cell carcinoma

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White light image.
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Polarized image.
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11-mm-dia. putative cancer lesion in polarized image.
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6-mm-dia. abnormal region identified by doctor using eye.

The patient had to return again for a second sugery because the doctor's eye underestimated the extent of the skin cancer.


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