Psoriasis is a skin autoimmune disease characterized by hyperkeratosis, hyperproliferation of the epidermis and dilatation of dermal papillary blood vessels. Healthy skin (5 volunteers) and psoriatic lesions (3 patients) were visualized in vivo, with high contrast and resolution, with a Polarization Multispectral Dermoscope and a Multiphoton Microscope. Psoriatic features were identified and quantified. The effective diameter of the superficial blood vessels was measured at 35.2 ± 7.2 μm and the elongated dermal papillae had an effective diameter of 64.2 ± 22.6 μm. The methodologies developed could be employed for quantitative diagnostic purposes and furthermore serve as a monitoring method of the effect of personalized treatments.

In-vivo imaging of psoriatic lesions with polarization multispectral dermoscopy and multiphoton microscopy / Kapsokalyvas, Dimitrios; Cicchi, Riccardo; Bruscino, Nicola; Alfieri, Domenico; Prignano, Francesca; Massi, Daniela; Lotti, Torello; Pavone, Francesco S.. - In: BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS. - ISSN 2156-7085. - ELETTRONICO. - 5:(2014), pp. 2405-2419. [10.1364/BOE.5.002405]

In-vivo imaging of psoriatic lesions with polarization multispectral dermoscopy and multiphoton microscopy

KAPSOKALYVAS, DIMITRIOS;CICCHI, RICCARDO;BRUSCINO, NICOLA;PRIGNANO, FRANCESCA;MASSI, DANIELA;PAVONE, FRANCESCO SAVERIO
2014

Abstract

Psoriasis is a skin autoimmune disease characterized by hyperkeratosis, hyperproliferation of the epidermis and dilatation of dermal papillary blood vessels. Healthy skin (5 volunteers) and psoriatic lesions (3 patients) were visualized in vivo, with high contrast and resolution, with a Polarization Multispectral Dermoscope and a Multiphoton Microscope. Psoriatic features were identified and quantified. The effective diameter of the superficial blood vessels was measured at 35.2 ± 7.2 μm and the elongated dermal papillae had an effective diameter of 64.2 ± 22.6 μm. The methodologies developed could be employed for quantitative diagnostic purposes and furthermore serve as a monitoring method of the effect of personalized treatments.
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Kapsokalyvas, Dimitrios; Cicchi, Riccardo; Bruscino, Nicola; Alfieri, Domenico; Prignano, Francesca; Massi, Daniela; Lotti, Torello; Pavone, Francesco...espandi
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