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A fully automated system to study skin surface patterns
Author(s) -
CORCUFF P.,
CHATENAY F.,
LEVEQUE J. L.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
international journal of cosmetic science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.532
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1468-2494
pISSN - 0142-5463
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-2494.1984.tb00373.x
Subject(s) - artificial intelligence , optics , computer science , physics
Synopsis An image analysis method to measure the human skin microrelief has been previously proposed. This new method has been recently automated, using a ‘robot’electronically driven by a Quantimet 900. This ‘robot’consists of a change‐over specimen driven by four motors, and allows forty Silflo® replicas to be analysed in 6 hours, each analysis giving the main directions of the furrows, their density and their mean depth. For example, the volar forearm microrelief was studied from the detected shadows created by a 26° angle lighting, in the range of 5 to 100 μ m deep furrows. A 38° angle lighting allows such measurements from 50 to 1000 μ m and is used for studying ‘crow's feet’wrinkles of the face. Results clearly show that deep wrinkles appear as early as 30 years old on the human face. The consequences of actinic and mechanical stresses over the life span are discussed. Un système automatique pour l'étude du relief cutané chez l'homme