Understanding the Principles of Skin Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), Technology & Clinical Applications.

                                             An Overview.

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a non-invasive optical imaging method that can generate high-resolution en face and cross-sectional images of the skin in vivo to a maximum depth of 2 mm.

        While OCT holds considerable potential for non-invasive diagnosis and disease monitoring, it is poorly understood by many dermatologists.

        OCT, and in particular angiographic OCT, also shows promise in monitoring the response to therapy of inflammatory dermatoses, such as psoriasis and connective tissues disease.

      Thus, it would be worth to understand   principles of skin OCT and the potential clinical indications and clinical applications.

       Further, an attempt has been made in this E- Booklet to discuss the different modalities of OCT including angiographic (dynamic) OCT, which can image cutaneous blood vessels at high resolution and a potential role for artificial intelligence in improving the accuracy of interpretation of OCT imaging data.

…Dr. H. K. Saboowala.

                       M.B.(Bom) .M.R.S.H.(London)