In this chapter, we presented the first prototype of our polarimetric dermoscope and the automated
melanoma classification framework. The polarimetric dermoscope is designed to automatically
capture three polarized images, which later are used to define the first three Stokes
parameters (I, Q, U) and some polarization characteristics, such as the degree of linear polarization
(DOLP), polarization intensity (Pol int), and angle of linear polarization (AOLP). The
three color polarized images are acquired while the polarizer of the PSA unit is automatically
rotated 90, 45, and 0 with reference to the horizontal axis of the fixed polarizer in the PSG
unit.