Determination of the Optical Properties of Basal Cancer Using OCT System

Abstract

The objective of this work is to determinate the optical properties of basal cancer cells using an optical coherence tomography (OCT). OCT system with He-Ne & diode laser was used to make interference pattern for the basal cancer, then the output was displayed by optical detector, information of an electrical signal passed to the digital oscilloscope to give the object information after Fourier transform processing for that signal, then PC and CCD were used to display FFT signal. Finally many steps were done to determine the optical properties for the basal cancer. The intensity of the signals was plotted against scanning distance; the obtained graphs were used to determine the penetration depth and absorption coefficient.