What I Do

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 glasses 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