Visible light imaging
Visible light imaging is an imaging modality that uses visible light.
In Medicine
[edit | edit source]Standardization and Adoption
[edit | edit source]Even prior to specific support in DICOM for visible light imaging, the standard could already encapsulate color images, e.g., in JPEG format as Secondary Capture images [1] [2] . The need for standardized communication of digital visible light images from various specialties, and the need for specialty-specific acquisition context metadata and an appropriate controlled terminology [3] was recognized [4] not long after the DICOM standard was introduced and the terminology of visible light imaging was introduced to the standard [5] [6] . The United States Department of Veterans Affairs was an early adopter of a standardized approach to incorporating visible light images into the electronic medical record [7] . Increasingly, visible light imaging is being deployed beyond individual departments, as part of a trend referred to as Enterprise Imaging [8] .
Applicability
[edit | edit source]Including fiberoptic endoscopy and rigid scope endoscopy:
- angioscopy
- arthroscopy
- bronchoscopy
- colposcopy
- cystoscopy
- fetoscopy
- hysteroscopy
- gastrointestinal endoscopy including esophagogastroduodenoscopy and colonoscopy
- laparoscopy
- nasopharyngoscopy
- sinoscopy
Including:
- Light microscopy for anatomic pathology, e.g., transmission light microscopy and reflection light microscopy for cytology and histology
- Surgical microscopy, e.g., images produced by an operating microscope used in:
General anatomic photography, including:
- anatomic pathology
- dermatology
- dentistry
- forensic pathology
- ophthalmology, including retinal fundoscopy
- aesthetic (cosmetic) and reconstructive plastic surgery
- general medical photography
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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