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Optical Coherence Tomography insight Exceptional SKINTELL | in-depth, non-invasive dermatological solution HealthCare

From outside, exceptional insight inside SKINTELL from Agfa HealthCare enables you to image the morphology of your patients’ skin. The examination, allowing you to measure dimensions in skin layers, is performed non-invasively: so, you get the exceptional insight of a biopsy, to 1 mm in depth – but in real-time and without discomfort for your patient. Insight doesn’t have to be invasive The faster you arrive at the right diagnosis, the better. And Agfa HealthCare’s SKINTELL helps you do that. In real-time, you get an exceptional view into the skin of your patient – fast and accurate,...

Faster and totally safe: with SKINTELL, the exam is as comfortable as possible for your patients. Now, you can see what your patient’s skin is concealing without invasive examination. 03 • Optical Coherence Tomography

Each layer of skin imaged in detail Agfa HealthCare’s SKINTELL offers you a non-invasive method for examining the skin’s morphology – providing you with information that only biopsy has been able to bring to light until now. Moreover, the appliance enables you to measure dimensions in several different skin layers. Deep and detailed SKINTELL is the ideal technology, combining the detailed image of confocal microscopy and the architectural image of ultrasound. The resolution of the images approximates that obtained by histological exam. With SKINTELL, you can examine the skin in 3 ways...

Software: simple, user-friendly and intuitive user interface with database for archiving patient information and calling up images quickly (possibility to compile reports) Cart: easy to move around in private spots) with this hand- held tool Foot switch: captures images while you continue to operate Get optimal operation with the Dispenser: for applying the gel to the probe 05 ■ Optical Coherence Tomography

comfortable For a way of working You perform a complete exam from a single location. You examine the skin with the probe, view the result in real-time on the PC screen, and consult the patient’s digital archive on the spot. In just 5 minutes, you have vital information for your diagnosis. Cosmetics and pharmaceutics Dermatologists and their patients are not the only ones who can benefit from SKINTELL. The appliance provides answers in cosmetic and pharmaceutical applications as well. Beauty and care institutes obtain a better image of their clients for: - anti-aging treatments - measurement...

SKINTELL is focused entirely on comfort, for both you and your patients. Now, you can see what your patient’s skin is concealing without invasive examination. 07 • Optical Coherence Tomography

practice In Plaque psoriasis Hyperkeratosis (hk) is pronounced. The back-scattering from the thickened horny layer becomes higher than from cellular layers. The strong entrance signal is composed of several parallel layers due to regional parakeratosis (pk). Parakeratosis is observed as a poorly back-scattering region that corresponds to poorly differentiated cells at the background of mature highly back-scattering keratinocytes. The epidermal thickness is increased due to acanthosis. The epidermis is thick as a result of the more regular elongation and broadening of the rete ridges (rr)....

Seborrheic keratosis Benign squamoid or basaloid proliferation. There is hyperkeratosis, acanthosis (ac) and papillomatosis (pp). The basal layer is hyperpigmented (sb). Polycyclic papillary contours (reticulation, rt). Enlarged interpapillary spaces with edged papillae. Pseudofollicular (comedone-like) openings (co). Acute spongiotic dermatitis Intra-epidermal microvesicles (mv). Intercellular oedema (spongiosis) in stratum spinosum (ss & spong). Inflammatory oedema in papillary dermis (pd). Exocytosis (ec). Stratum granulosum (sg). Perivascular inflammation (pi) with cellular infiltrate...

advantages Judge the yourself Naturally, you are intent on having your patients experience as little discomfort as possible during an exam. Especially when you yourself can work quickly and precisely. What advantages matter most to you? You be the judge. You work with great accuracy SKINTELL provides you with an accurate instrument in making your diagnosis. The in-depth and detailed imaging, in each of the 3 modes – slice, en face, and high speed 3D – guarantees exceptional insight. You work quickly With SKINTELL, you have an extremely user-friendly technology in your hands. It provides you...

Now, you can see what your patient’s skin is concealing without invasive examination. 11 • Optical Coherence Tomography

Agfa Healthcare is a global leader in the fast growing market of integrated IT and imaging systems, offering healthcare facilities a seamless flow of information and a 360° view of patient care. The company has a unique, holistic approach, enabling it to provide in-depth clinical know-how and fully integrated hospital-wide solutions. These specialized solutions integrate IT and imaging systems for Radiology, Cardiology, Mammography and Orthopaedics. With SKINTELL, Agfa Healthcare has developed a new product for Optical Coherence Tomography. Thanks to in-depth, non- invasive dermatological...