The effect of melanin on in vivo optical coherence tomography of the skin in a multiethnic cohort
| Autor: | Natasha Atanaskova Mesinkovska, Chloe Ekelem, Junxiao Yu, Ella Csuka, Zhongping Chen, Emon Heidari, Dorsa Heydarlou |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Noninvasive imaging
medicine.medical_specialty integumentary system medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Image quality Significant difference Dermatology 01 natural sciences 010309 optics Melanin 030207 dermatology & venereal diseases 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Optical coherence tomography In vivo Ophthalmology 0103 physical sciences medicine SKIN REGIONS Surgery business Multiethnic cohort |
| Zdroj: | Lasers in surgery and medicine. |
| ISSN: | 1096-9101 |
| Popis: | Background Noninvasive real-time assessment of living tissue is quickly becoming invaluable for bolstering histologic and dermatoscopic measures of cutaneous conditions. While many skin researchers have explored the utility of noninvasive imaging in inflammatory and malignant skin conditions, there is yet to be a definitive and direct assessment of the effects of melanin on the quality of optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging and its accuracy in multiethnic patient populations. We conducted a study to evaluate the effects of melanin on the quality of in vivo OCT imaging. Methods Volunteers of all Fitzpatrick skin types were imaged once in five skin regions. Images were analyzed for quality, defined quantitatively as depreciation of light as it passes through the depth of skin, and qualitatively as depth and contrast ranked by blinded clinicians. Results Our analysis of sixteen subjects shows that there is a significant difference in quantitative OCT image quality between light (Fitzpatrick I-III) and dark (IV-VI) skin types for both epidermal (p 0.0328) and dermal levels (p 0.0021). However, there was no significant difference in qualitative blinded rater measures of image clarity (p 0.11) or perceived depth (p 0.13). Conclusion Based on our definition of image quality, our study shows that OCT images taken from darker skin types have slightly lower quality than those taken from lighter skin. However, because blinded rater assessment showed no differences in clarity or perceived depth, we conclude that OCT may be used without hesitation for manual visualization of skin and its appendages in all Fitzpatrick skin types. Further studies are required to more extensively characterize the effects of melanin on OCT imaging. Lasers Surg. Med. © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. |
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