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PIGMENT CELL & MELANOMA RESEARCH
Volume 31, Issue 1, Pages 31-38Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/pcmr.12624
Keywords
chromophores; eumelanin; fluorescence spectroscopy; fluorophores; melanin; reflectance spectroscopy
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- National Cancer Institute of Canada
- Canadian Cancer Society
- Canadian Dermatology Foundation
- La Roche Posay North American Research Grant Foundation
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Objective measurements of melanin can provide important information for differentiating melanoma from benign pigmented lesions and in assessing pigmentary diseases. Herein, we evaluate near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence as a possible tool to quantify melanin. Various concentrations of in vitro Sepia melanin in tissue phantoms were measured with NIR fluorescence and diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. Similar optic measurements were conducted in vivo on 161 normal human skin sites. Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy was used to quantify the melanin content via Stamatas-Kollias algorithm. At physiologic concentrations, increasing in vitro melanin concentrations demonstrated higher fluorescence that was linearly correlated (R-2 = 0.99, p < .001). At higher concentrations, the fluorescence signal plateaued. A linear relationship was also observed with melanin content in human skin (R-2 = 0.59, p < .001). Comparing the fluorescence and reflectance signals with in vitro and in vivo samples, the estimated melanin concentration in human skin ranged between 0 and 1.25 mg/ml, consistent with previous quantitative studies involving invasive methods.
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