A New Method for Determining the Emissivity of the Human Skin in Vivo
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To determine the radiation emmitted by the human skin, the emissivity of its surface must be known. In this work is presented a new procedure to measure the emissivity of the human skin in vivo. The proposed method is based in the calculation of the difference of two images: one acquired before projecting a laser beam on the surface of the skin, and the other alter such projection. The resulting "difference image" contains only the reflected radiation, which is used to calculate the emissivity of the skin making use of the Kirchhoff's law and the Helmoholtz reciprocity relation. With this method non-contact measurements are made, and the temperature of the skin is not required. Additionally, with the proposed method it is possible to determine the emissivity of the skin at specific wavelengths. The method is presented using a CO2laser whose wavelength is in the range of maximum radiation of heat by the human skin.
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The basic principle of these radiation sensors is to measure the intensity of emitted radiation in a limited infrared spectrum.
“The basic principle of sensing these sensors use is to measure the intensity of emitted radiation in a limited infrared spectrum [132,133].”
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Vavrinsky, E., Esfahani, N. E., Hausner, M., Kuzma, A., Rezo, V., Donoval, M., & Kosnacova, H. (2022) · Biosensors · doi:10.3390/bios12040217 · Cited by 103 · see citing works
- Authors
- Sanchez-Marin, F. J.
- Venue
- 2010 4th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering
- Publisher
- IEEE
- Published
- 2010-06
- Volume
- 20
- Pages
- 1-3
- ISSN
- 2151-7614 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2017793882
- Cited by
- 5
- References
- 12
- Citations by year
- 2022: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 1.84
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Infrared Thermography in Medicine
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Aerospace Engineering › Calibration and Measurement Techniques
- Keywords
- human skin, in vivo measurement, difference image, Kirchhoff's laws, Helmholtz reciprocity, CO2 laser, non-contact measurement, thermal radiation, wavelength-dependent emissivity
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