Title :
Dynamic optical coherence tomography of skin physiology
Author :
Haruna, Masamitsu ; Ohmi, Masato
Author_Institution :
Course of Health Sci., Osaka Univ., Suita, Japan
Abstract :
OCT is highly potential for in vivo observation of dynamic physiological functions of small organs underneath the skin surface. Particularly, real-time OCT imaging of a small artery and the dynamics of mental sweating are demonstrated.
Keywords :
biomedical optical imaging; blood vessels; optical tomography; skin; dynamic optical coherence tomography; mental sweating dynamics; real-time OCT imaging; skin physiological functions; skin surface; small-artery pulsation; Arteries; Heart beat; Human factors; In vivo; Optical reflection; Physiology; Skin; Spirals; Sweat glands; Tomography; OCT; dynamic analysis; mental sweating; peripheral vessels; skin physiology;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3829-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3830-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292341
