3‐D profilometer using a CCD linear image sensor: application to skin surface topography measurement
- 1 August 1998
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Skin Research and Technology
- Vol. 4 (3), 121-129
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0846.1998.tb00096.x
Abstract
Measurement of cutaneous surface topography can be made by three-dimensional (3-D) profilometry. Different equipment is used for this measurement. The magnitude of the vertical scale required, which can vary from several tens of micrometers (microrelief) to several millimeters (skin pathologies), depends also on the precision required and the duration of acquisition time. Over the last few years, different apparatuses have been produced, with a vertical range that is most frequently used for classical industrial applications, i.e., 0-1000 μm. The system developed here has a wide range of about 7 mm and is accurate enough to analyse each of the different skin surfaces that fall in this range without changing magnification. An optical principle, operating without any contact with a skin replica, allows a precise measurement with a high scanning speed. The profilometer has a vertical sensitivity of 4 μm within a vertical range of 7 mm. This sensitivity is lower than that of a mechanical or focusing profilometer, but the vertical range is wider. The system has several advantages: because of its verticale range, it can measure large surfaces with great roughness variations; the initial position of the replica beneath the profilometer must be within the 7 mm vertical range; and skin topography can be quantified, without contact, in a short time.Keywords
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