Fast Track Diagnosis of Skin Cancer by Advanced Imaging Technologies and Tumour Tapestripping

In vivo RCM will be used to diagnose pigmented tumours at a cellular level and provide information on skin microarchitecture. MSOT detects skin chromophores as melanin, hemoglobin, water, collagen, and lipids, which will be included in analysis of diagnostic accuracies. MSOT will also be used to measure tumour thickness; delineate tumour borders and analyze blood flow in blood vessels. Potential diagnostic features from each lesion type will be tested. RNA and lipid profiles from tape stripping results will be compared to imaging and histopathology diagnosis.