Physical Methods of Analysis of the Human Hair Properties

In solving various problems of medicine, in mathematical modeling of processes in the human body, it is necessary to know the physical parameters of biological tissues. In cosmetology and dermatology - the physical properties of the hair (diameter, density, heat capacity, thermal conductivity, optical parameters). Existing chemical methods allow to solve them, but with a large investment of time and costs. Therefore, the urgent problem is to develop cheaper and faster physical methods of analysis. Great opportunities for this have appeared with the development of computer methods for processing experimental data. This paper describes the proposed computer image processing methods for photos of human hair for measuring their diameter and colorimetric methods for measuring optical parameters - absorption and scattering of light.