%0 Journal Article %A Young Geun Kim and Tae Woo Lee and Changmin Yeo and Jung min Yoo and Yeo Jin Kang and Tack-Joong Kim and Byungjo Jung and Ji Hun Cha and Chan Hoi Hur and Dong-Sup Kim and Ki Jung Park and Han Sung Kim %D 2010 %J International Journal of Biomedical and Biological Engineering %B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology %I Open Science Index 46, 2010 %T Investigation of the Tattooed Skin by OCT %U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/12408 %V 46 %X The intention of this lessons is to assess the probability of optical coherence tomography (OCT) for biometric recognition. The OCT is the foundation on an optical signal acquisition and processing method and has the micrometer-resolution. In this study, we used the porcine skin for verifying the abovementioned means. The porcine tissue was sound acknowledged for structural and immunohistochemical similarity with human skin, so it could be suitable for pre-clinical trial as investigational specimen. For this reason, it was tattooed by the tattoo machine with the tattoo-pigment. We detected the pattern of the tattooed skin by the OCT according to needle speed. The result was consistent with the histology images. This result showed that the OCT was effective to examine the tattooed skin section noninvasively. It might be available to identify morphological changes inside the skin. %P 536 - 538