Antonella Mandracchia
A quantitative study on the effect of applied probe pressure during OCTA skin acquisitions.
Rel. Kristen Mariko Meiburger, Giulia Rotunno, Mengyang Liu. Politecnico di Torino, Corso di laurea magistrale in Ingegneria Biomedica, 2025
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Abstract
Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography (OCTA) is an emerging non-invasive, high-resolution imaging technique used in dermatology for visualizing skin vasculature. Images are acquired through a probe brought in contact with the skin surface; however, this modality can introduce mechanical stress to the skin and temporarily change the underlying vascular structure, compromising the accuracy of OCTA images. Therefore, the pressure applied by the OCTA probe is a critical factor that can affect the repeatability of acquisitions and reliability of the resulting data. This thesis aims to analyze how OCTA probe pressure may affect the accuracy and quality of angiographic images, evaluating the impact via specific metrics and validating the results through statistical analysis.
For this study, 10 acquisitions were taken on healthy volunteers at the Medical University of Vienna, in three different anatomical regions (arm, head, leg), for a total of 53 OCTA volumes
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