List of symbols

Greek Letters

α

weight for refreshing model histogram

δ

spectral reflectance of skin

Δ

difference

ε

basis function

η

spectral sensitivity or spectral response

Θ

imaging geometry like photometric angles

λ

wavelength

µ

mean

ρ

spectral reflectance of the sample

Abbreviations

bmp

bitmap

CCD

Charge Coupled Device

CIE

Commission Internationale de l’Éclairage

CS

colour signal

D

dimension (1D, 2D or 3D)

DIN

Deutsches Institut für Normung

DR

dichromatic reflection

ICA

independent component analysis

IR

infrared

K

Kelvin (unit for colour temperature)

MA

moving average

NCC

Normalized Colour Coordinates

NCS

Natural Colour System

nm

nanometer

PCA

principal component analysis

RGB

red, green and blue pixel values

SCE

spectral component excluded

SCI

spectral component included

SOM

self-organizing map

SPD

spectral power distribution of illumination

SVD

singular value decomposition

UO

University of Oulu

WWW

World Wide Web