Optical coherence tomography (OCT) of human skin with a slow-scan CCD camera

Herman Brunner; J. Strohm; M. Hassel; Rudolf W. Steiner

doi:10.1117/12.228675

18 December 1995 Optical coherence tomography (OCT) of human skin with a slow-scan CCD camera

Herman Brunner, J. Strohm, M. Hassel, Rudolf W. Steiner

Proceedings Volume 2626, Photon Propagation in Tissues; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.228675
Event: BiOS Europe '95, 1995, Barcelona, Spain

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to try to investigate and improve the possibilities of optical coherence tomography for evaluation and imaging of melanoma. As approaches to reach this aim by photo diode detection were not successful, we suggest making an experimental setup with a slow-scan CCD-camera that is able to detect very little numbers of photons. The interferometric arrangement had to be adapted to the quite bad signal-to-noise ratio of the camera. First measurements were made on models consisting of very small glass spheres embedded in polyester resin. It was possible to prove coherent photons from a depth of 2 mm. Objects could be found up to 1 mm depth.

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Herman Brunner, J. Strohm, M. Hassel, and Rudolf W. Steiner "Optical coherence tomography (OCT) of human skin with a slow-scan CCD camera", Proc. SPIE 2626, Photon Propagation in Tissues, (18 December 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.228675

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