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NON-INVASIVE OPTICAL METHOD FOR EPIDERMAL THICKNESS ESTIMATION

Adrian Pena1, Miguel Arronte2, Eduardo De Posada2, Luis Ponce2 and Teresa Flores2
  • 1 Universidad Autonoma de Tamaulipas, Mexico
  • 2 Centro Universitario Tampico Madero, Mexico

Abstract

A non-invasive method to determine epidermal thickness from the intensity of transmitted visible light is proposed. A simple model for passing light through the epidermis layers, then measuring what is transmitted back out of the surface, is implemented by using the Montecarlo method. Simulations revealed that the transmittance is linearly dependent on the thickness of the epidermis and so demonstrated the viability of the proposed method.

OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences
Volume 14 No. 2, 2014, 163-166

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ojbsci.2014.163.166

Submitted On: 25 March 2014 Published On: 25 June 2014

How to Cite: Pena, A., Arronte, M., Posada, E. D., Ponce, L. & Flores, T. (2014). NON-INVASIVE OPTICAL METHOD FOR EPIDERMAL THICKNESS ESTIMATION. OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, 14(2), 163-166. https://doi.org/10.3844/ojbsci.2014.163.166

Open AccessCopyright: © 2014 Adrian Pena, Miguel Arronte, Eduardo De Posada, Luis Ponce and Teresa Flores. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Keywords

  • OCT
  • Epidermal Thickness
  • Transmittance