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HautFingerspitzeOCT.gif ‎(209 × 218 pixels, file size: 1.05 MB, MIME type: image/gif, looped, 71 frames, 7.1 s)

Description: Rotating image of Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) tomogram of a fingertip, depicting stratum corneum (~500µm thick) with stratum disjunctum on top and stratum lucidum (connection to stratum spinosum) in the middle. At the bottom are superficial parts of the dermis. Sweatducts are clearly visible. This animated image loads 85x times slower than the non-animated image.
Title: HautFingerspitzeOCT
Credit: Supplied by the medOCT group, Center of biomedical Engineering and Physics, Medical University Vienna, Austria.
Author: User:BoP, Supplied by the medOCT group, Medical University Vienna, Austria
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