Title :
An improvement of skin aging assessment by non-invasive laser speckle effect: A comparative texture analysis
Author :
Orun, A.B. ; Seker, Huseyin ; Goodyer, E. ; Smith, Graeme ; Uslan, V.
Author_Institution :
Bio-Health Inf. Res. Group within the Centre for Comput. Intell., De Montfort Univ., Leicester, UK
Abstract :
Skin aging is a complex biological process that is yet to be successfully modelled as it depends on various internal and external factors. This work therefore investigates novel low-cost skin aging assessment technique and equipment by using robust analysis of textural features unified with a laser-speckle imaging method, which is found to be quite capable of detecting multi-layer cellular textural changes exhibited by the biological skin aging process. This study and low-cost product seem to be the first of its kind, which is expected to bring great benefit to both healthcare and cosmetic sectors.
Keywords :
biomedical optical imaging; cellular biophysics; feature extraction; health care; image texture; laser applications in medicine; medical image processing; skin; speckle; biological skin aging process; cosmetic sectors; healthcare sectors; multilayer cellular textural feature analysis; noninvasive laser-speckle imaging method; Aging; Bayes methods; Laser modes; Measurement by laser beam; Skin; Speckle;
Conference_Titel :
Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI), 2014 IEEE-EMBS International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Valencia
DOI :
10.1109/BHI.2014.6864294
