The International Skin Spectra Archive (ISSA): a multicultural human skin phenotype and colour spectra collection
Abstract This paper presents the International Skin Spectra Archive (ISSA), a multicultural human skin phenotype dataset, containing 15,256 records of both spectral and colorimetric data derived from 2,113 subjects. These measurements, collected between 2012 and 2024, come from eleven different data...
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| author | Yan Lu Kaida Xiao Michael Pointer Ruili He Sicong Zhou Ahmed Nasseraldin Suchitra Sueeprasan Cheng Gao Changjun Li Ali Sohaib Yuanyuan He Yoko Mizokami Mengmeng Wang Esther Perales Romero Faraedon Zardawi Lesley Gill Ningfang Liao Sophie Wuerger |
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| description | Abstract This paper presents the International Skin Spectra Archive (ISSA), a multicultural human skin phenotype dataset, containing 15,256 records of both spectral and colorimetric data derived from 2,113 subjects. These measurements, collected between 2012 and 2024, come from eleven different datasets gathered by international laboratories across eight countries, all adhering to a uniform measurement protocol to ensure data consistency. The ISSA dataset addresses the inherent challenges in measuring human skin colour due to its complex structure and covers a wide variability in skin characteristics such as geography, ethnicity, age, gender, and body location. Providing a broad spectrum of human skin data, the ISSA dataset will advance our understanding of skin colour variations and their biological, cultural, and environmental influences. It will also serve as a crucial resource for scientific research and technological development across various fields where diverse and precise spectral and colour data of real human skin are essential. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-afcd9450caea433db4e59f9d26de35572025-08-20T02:51:27ZengNature PortfolioScientific Data2052-44632025-03-011211910.1038/s41597-025-04857-5The International Skin Spectra Archive (ISSA): a multicultural human skin phenotype and colour spectra collectionYan Lu0Kaida Xiao1Michael Pointer2Ruili He3Sicong Zhou4Ahmed Nasseraldin5Suchitra Sueeprasan6Cheng Gao7Changjun Li8Ali Sohaib9Yuanyuan He10Yoko Mizokami11Mengmeng Wang12Esther Perales Romero13Faraedon Zardawi14Lesley Gill15Ningfang Liao16Sophie Wuerger17School of Design, University of LeedsSchool of Design, University of LeedsSchool of Design, University of LeedsSchool of Design, University of LeedsSchool of Design, University of LeedsSchool of Design, Dar Al-Hekma UniversityFaculty of Science, Chulalongkorn UniversitySchool of Computing, University of Science and Technology LiaoningSchool of Computing, University of Science and Technology LiaoningNordson CorpSchool of Engineering, Utsunomiya UniversityGraduate School of Informatics, Chiba UniversitySchool of Digital Technology and Innovation Design, Jiangnan UniversityDepartment of Optics, University of AlicanteSchool of Dentistry, University of SulaimaniSchool of Healthcare Science, Manchester Metropolitan UniversityNational Key Lab of Colour Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of TechnologySchool of Psychology, University of LiverpoolAbstract This paper presents the International Skin Spectra Archive (ISSA), a multicultural human skin phenotype dataset, containing 15,256 records of both spectral and colorimetric data derived from 2,113 subjects. These measurements, collected between 2012 and 2024, come from eleven different datasets gathered by international laboratories across eight countries, all adhering to a uniform measurement protocol to ensure data consistency. The ISSA dataset addresses the inherent challenges in measuring human skin colour due to its complex structure and covers a wide variability in skin characteristics such as geography, ethnicity, age, gender, and body location. Providing a broad spectrum of human skin data, the ISSA dataset will advance our understanding of skin colour variations and their biological, cultural, and environmental influences. It will also serve as a crucial resource for scientific research and technological development across various fields where diverse and precise spectral and colour data of real human skin are essential.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-04857-5 |
| spellingShingle | Yan Lu Kaida Xiao Michael Pointer Ruili He Sicong Zhou Ahmed Nasseraldin Suchitra Sueeprasan Cheng Gao Changjun Li Ali Sohaib Yuanyuan He Yoko Mizokami Mengmeng Wang Esther Perales Romero Faraedon Zardawi Lesley Gill Ningfang Liao Sophie Wuerger The International Skin Spectra Archive (ISSA): a multicultural human skin phenotype and colour spectra collection Scientific Data |
| title | The International Skin Spectra Archive (ISSA): a multicultural human skin phenotype and colour spectra collection |
| title_full | The International Skin Spectra Archive (ISSA): a multicultural human skin phenotype and colour spectra collection |
| title_fullStr | The International Skin Spectra Archive (ISSA): a multicultural human skin phenotype and colour spectra collection |
| title_full_unstemmed | The International Skin Spectra Archive (ISSA): a multicultural human skin phenotype and colour spectra collection |
| title_short | The International Skin Spectra Archive (ISSA): a multicultural human skin phenotype and colour spectra collection |
| title_sort | international skin spectra archive issa a multicultural human skin phenotype and colour spectra collection |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-04857-5 |
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