Optical properties of hair shafts estimated using the digital video microscopic system and inverse Monte Carlo method

Alexey N. Bashkatov; Elina A. Genina; Andrey V. Volokh; Snezhana A. Murikhina; Gregory B. Altshuler; Valery V. Tuchin

doi:10.1117/12.433694

17 June 2002 Optical properties of hair shafts estimated using the digital video microscopic system and inverse Monte Carlo method

Alexey N. Bashkatov, Elina A. Genina, Andrey V. Volokh, Snezhana A. Murikhina, Gregory B. Altshuler, Valery V. Tuchin

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Proceedings Volume 4609, Lasers in Surgery: Advanced Characterization, Therapeutics, and Systems XII; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.433694
Event: International Symposium on Biomedical Optics, 2002, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

A color-camera-based technique was used for evaluation of reflectance and transmittance of the human hair shafts. The inverse Monte Carlo method was used for estimation of hair optical properties - absorption and reduced scattering coefficients. Hair samples have been obtained from ten volunteers. We have investigated blond, brown, black, light- brown and gray hairs. Obtained differences in absorption and scattering properties correlate with structure- morphological features of hair types. Offered method allows one to provide express-analysis of optical properties of a hair shaft, to determined separately absorption and scattering coefficients and melanin content.

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Alexey N. Bashkatov, Elina A. Genina, Andrey V. Volokh, Snezhana A. Murikhina, Gregory B. Altshuler, and Valery V. Tuchin "Optical properties of hair shafts estimated using the digital video microscopic system and inverse Monte Carlo method", Proc. SPIE 4609, Lasers in Surgery: Advanced Characterization, Therapeutics, and Systems XII, (17 June 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.433694

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