Table 2.
Technical data on swept source-optical coherence tomography, high definition-optical coherence tomography, and reflectance confocal microscopy.
| Technical data | SS-OCT Vivo Sight |
HD-OCT Skintell |
RCM VivaScope 1500 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light source | Santec HSL-2000-12-MDL | Halogen lamp with Gaussian filter | Diode laser |
| Wavelength | 1310 nm | 1300 nm | 830 nm |
| Lateral resolution | <7.5 μm | 3 μm | 0.5 to 1.0 μm |
| Axial resolution | <5 μm | 3 μm | 4 to 5 μm |
| Penetration depth | 1200 to 2000 μm | 570 μm | 200–300 μm |
| Field of view (en-face) | 6 × 6 mm | 1.8 × 1.5 mm | 0.5 × 0.5 mm 8 mm × 8 mm VivaStack |
| 3D Imaging | Yes | Yes | No |
nm: nanometre; μm: micrometre; mm: millimetre.