Automatic
Dermatological OCT
1 in 3 cancers is a skin cancer
Skin cancer is the most commonly occurring cancer in humans, with an incidence that has steadily increased worldwide. The prognosis of advanced melanoma is poor, and carcinomas are associated with high morbidity.
60% biopsies result in benign diagnoses
Although dermoscopy is a useful tool for clinical examination, the sensitivity of dermoscopic monitoring is limited by melanomas that may arise in normal skin or in clinically benign nevi that were not initially photographed.
20% skin cancers missed at early stage
Dermoscopy improves the diagnostic accuracy for melanoma but only for experienced examiners. Dermoscopy by untrained or less experienced examiners is no better than clinical inspection without dermoscopy.
Image Generation
OCT vertical (top left), horizontal (bottom left) images and 3D stack (right) of healthy human skin in vivo.
OCT vertical images of a melanoma left) and a superficial basal cell carcinoma (right) with corresponding H&E histopathology images.
Four Core Advantages
Featuring non-invasiveness, high resolution, fast imaging speed and a wide imaging range, it enables rapid and repeatable scanning.
For damaged skin, longitudinal cross-sectional images can be quickly collected to reveal the substructure of the dermis, from which a 3D volume or in-plane image of the entire wound can be generated.
It enables remarkable deep visualization of tissue structures and vasculature, allowing clear observation of the physiological structures of the stratum corneum, stratum lucidum, dermo-epidermal junction and dermal tissue.
It delivers more detailed information about the vascular network, enabling visualization of not only small superficial blood vessels but also large blood vessels penetrating the deep dermis.