Identification of layers in optical coherence tomography of skin: comparative analysis of experimental and Monte Carlo simulated images.

Background/purpose: The goal of the study is comparative analysis of the layers in OCT images and the morphological structure of skin with thick and thin epidermis.

Methods: We analyzed the difference between skin with thin and thick epidermis in two ways. The first approach consisted in determination of the thicknesses of layers of skin with thin and thick epidermis of different localizations from experimental OCT images.