Title :
Study of dynamics of sweat glands of human finger tip using all-optical-fiber high-speed OCT
Author :
Nohara, Kenji ; Ueda, Yoshihiro ; Fuji, Toshie ; Ohmi, Masato ; Haruna, Masamitsu
Author_Institution :
Course of Allied Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University 1-7, Yamada-Oka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan TEL +81-6-6879-2572 FAX +81-6-6879-2469
Abstract :
Dynamics of sweat glands of human finger tip is observed in vivo, for the first time to our knowledge, using high-speed OCT with push-pull driven fiber-optic PZT modulators. Movement of a sweat droplet through a micro spiral duct can be tracked clearly.
Keywords :
Fingers; High speed optical techniques; Humans; In vivo; Optical fiber couplers; Optical imaging; Optical interferometry; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Sweat glands;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2005. Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9242-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2005.1569361
