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Colour change in the human histamine wheal made visible by LYYN: a technique to enhance colour differences.

Holm, Olle ; Lindell, Erik and Malm, Lars LU (2010) In Skin Research and Technology 16. p.385-389
Abstract
Background: Colour differences in photographs can be enhanced using a digital image-processing technique called LYYN. Objective: To investigate colour changes in the histamine wheal after skin prick tests (SPTs). Methods: Histamine SPTs were performed on the forearm of six medical students, and the reactions of the skin were photographed every 2 min for 30 min. Colour differences in the photographs were then enhanced using the LYYN technique. These images were processed using ImageJ to yield numerical values. Results: In the LYYN-processed images, there was a rapid colour change in the histamine wheals between the 18th and the 20th minute (P<0.01). Histamine perfusion in isolated rabbit ears indicated vasodilatation in post-capillary... (More)
Background: Colour differences in photographs can be enhanced using a digital image-processing technique called LYYN. Objective: To investigate colour changes in the histamine wheal after skin prick tests (SPTs). Methods: Histamine SPTs were performed on the forearm of six medical students, and the reactions of the skin were photographed every 2 min for 30 min. Colour differences in the photographs were then enhanced using the LYYN technique. These images were processed using ImageJ to yield numerical values. Results: In the LYYN-processed images, there was a rapid colour change in the histamine wheals between the 18th and the 20th minute (P<0.01). Histamine perfusion in isolated rabbit ears indicated vasodilatation in post-capillary vessels and desensitized histamine 1 (H1) receptors after a mean of 17 min. It is possible that a similar desensitization takes place in the human histamine wheal, and a study of two histamine SPTs 90 min apart at the same site supports this hypothesis. Conclusion: The LYYN technique was sensitive enough to discover a rapid colour change in the histamine wheal, a change that has not been described before. (Less)
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  abstract     = {{Background: Colour differences in photographs can be enhanced using a digital image-processing technique called LYYN. Objective: To investigate colour changes in the histamine wheal after skin prick tests (SPTs). Methods: Histamine SPTs were performed on the forearm of six medical students, and the reactions of the skin were photographed every 2 min for 30 min. Colour differences in the photographs were then enhanced using the LYYN technique. These images were processed using ImageJ to yield numerical values. Results: In the LYYN-processed images, there was a rapid colour change in the histamine wheals between the 18th and the 20th minute (P&lt;0.01). Histamine perfusion in isolated rabbit ears indicated vasodilatation in post-capillary vessels and desensitized histamine 1 (H1) receptors after a mean of 17 min. It is possible that a similar desensitization takes place in the human histamine wheal, and a study of two histamine SPTs 90 min apart at the same site supports this hypothesis. Conclusion: The LYYN technique was sensitive enough to discover a rapid colour change in the histamine wheal, a change that has not been described before.}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{385--389}},
  publisher    = {{Wiley-Blackwell}},
  series       = {{Skin Research and Technology}},
  title        = {{Colour change in the human histamine wheal made visible by LYYN: a technique to enhance colour differences.}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0846.2010.00457.x}},
  doi          = {{10.1111/j.1600-0846.2010.00457.x}},
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