Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) has been used in biomedical applications as a method to non-invasively detect changes occurring in tissue such as the detection of skin cancer. The effect of skin tone on detection of skin cancer has however not been studied extensively. Skin simulating phantoms with different optical properties can be used to optimise a system before it can be used on patients. For this reason accurately knowing the optical properties is imperative. An integrating sphere system can be used to determine these optical properties. Preliminary results from phantom and human skin indicate that skin tone may influence the data obtained from OCT images.
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Singh, A and Karsten, AE. Optical coherence tomography as a diagnostic tool. 56th Annual Conference of the South African Institute of Physics, St George's Hotel, Pretoria, 12-15 July 2011
Singh, A., & Karsten, A. (2011). Optical coherence tomography as a diagnostic tool. South African Institute of Physics. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5655
Singh, A, and AE Karsten. "Optical coherence tomography as a diagnostic tool." (2011): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5655
Singh A, Karsten A, Optical coherence tomography as a diagnostic tool; South African Institute of Physics; 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5655 .
