METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CHARACTERIZING TISSUE IN THREE DIMENSIONS USING MULTIMODE OPTICAL MEASUREMENTS

摘要

A method and system are provided for characterizing a portion of biological tissue. A surface of the tissue is illuminated with light having a known wavelength spectrum capable of materially penetrating the tissue. The intensity of the illumination light remitted from the in response to the illumination tissue over a known measurement window measured over a hyperspectral range of wavelengths for a different polarization. Based on a model of the response of the tissue and the preceding measurements data representative of the location and one or more characteristics of an abnormal portion of the tissue are produced. A method of eliminating the masking effecting of melanin to obtain accurate estimations of an anomaly is provided.