Bruise chromophore concentrations over time

Mark G. Duckworth; Jayme J. Caspall; Rudolph L. Mappus IV; Linghua Kong; Dingrong Yi; Stephen H. Sprigle

doi:10.1117/12.770399

1 April 2008 Bruise chromophore concentrations over time

Mark G. Duckworth, Jayme J. Caspall, Rudolph L. Mappus IV, Linghua Kong, Dingrong Yi, Stephen H. Sprigle

Proceedings Volume 6915, Medical Imaging 2008: Computer-Aided Diagnosis; 69152S (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.770399
Event: Medical Imaging, 2008, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

During investigations of potential child and elder abuse, clinicians and forensic practitioners are often asked to offer opinions about the age of a bruise. A commonality between existing methods of bruise aging is analysis of bruise color or estimation of chromophore concentration. Relative chromophore concentration is an underlying factor that determines bruise color. We investigate a method of chromophore concentration estimation that can be employed in a handheld imaging spectrometer with a small number of wavelengths. The method, based on absorbance properties defined by Beer-Lambert's law, allows estimation of differential chromophore concentration between bruised and normal skin. Absorption coefficient data for each chromophore are required to make the estimation. Two different sources of this data are used in the analysis- generated using Independent Component Analysis and taken from published values. Differential concentration values over time, generated using both sources, show correlation to published models of bruise color change over time and total chromophore concentration over time.

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Mark G. Duckworth, Jayme J. Caspall, Rudolph L. Mappus IV, Linghua Kong, Dingrong Yi, and Stephen H. Sprigle "Bruise chromophore concentrations over time", Proc. SPIE 6915, Medical Imaging 2008: Computer-Aided Diagnosis, 69152S (1 April 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.770399

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