What's up party people?
This is Dr. G
And I'm dropping confocal microscopy
Verse 1:
I got the high grade laser in a focused spot
Diffraction limited resolution's hot!
I built a microscope that can image a cell
Inside the skin where melanoma could dwell
So lock up your husband
Or hide your wife
Biomedical science might save your life!
I'm talking 3D data acquisition
Augmented vision for your physician
Biopsy with enhanced selection
Computer-automated melanoma detection
Let me break it down so that you can see
We're gonna need a little skin biology
The melanocyes are the major player
Found down in the basal layer
In melanoma these cells pop off
And make this surface really rough
And this pathological information
Is an ideal target for quantification
And that's just what this logic does
You may have seen it on the cover, it's all the buzz
I found the basal layer and I ain't no dope
Homeboy quantified the average slope!
Check it out now, we gonna go 3D
Put your gla**es on so that you can see
The surface you want is like the hills of Vermont
But melanoma's like the skyline in NYC
Speaking:
And that's the melanoma y'all, see that rough surface? The mean gradient's much higher than a Nevis. That's a Nevis, it's real smooth. SO in conclusion...
Verse 2:
It's a master-blaster impact factor
In situ detection prevents disaster
A quick surgery sends melanoma packing
But if it's metastatic, the cure is lacking
Check it, one last story to tell
The computer finds single melanoma cells (What!)
Pattern recognition by machine
Augmented vision if you know what i mean
Check it again as we go into the skin
It's a super fly pattern recognition
So don't let a meteor strike psyche thee
Getting melanoma is much more likely!
I thank NIH for helping me rock this
Funky fresh work and the field is optics
Maxwells equations are wicked cool
And the laser is a wicked powerful tool