Progress on cutting-edge infrared-terahertz biophysics

P Wang, J Lou, G Fang, C Chang - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Infrared-terahertz (IRT) resonant absorption complies with unique biomolecule fingerprints,
including neurotransmitters, proteins, ribonucleic acid, and deoxyribonucleic acid, rendering …

Recent advances in terahertz imaging: 1999 to 2021

E Castro-Camus, M Koch, DM Mittleman - Applied Physics B, 2022 - Springer
We discuss the progress in the field of THz imaging based on time-domain spectroscopy
during the last 20 years emphasizing several highlights. These include 3D map** of the …

Burn wound healing and treatment: review and advancements

MP Rowan, LC Cancio, EA Elster, DM Burmeister… - Critical care, 2015 - Springer
Burns are a prevalent and burdensome critical care problem. The priorities of specialized
facilities focus on stabilizing the patient, preventing infection, and optimizing functional …

[HTML][HTML] Terahertz (THz) biophotonics technology: Instrumentation, techniques, and biomedical applications

X Chen, H Lindley-Hatcher, RI Stantchev… - Chemical Physics …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Terahertz (THz) technology has experienced rapid development in the past two decades.
Growing numbers of interdisciplinary applications are emerging, including materials …

Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy of human blood

CB Reid, G Reese, AP Gibson… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the continuing development of terahertz technology to enable the determination of tissue
pathologies in real-time during surgical procedures, it is important to distinguish the …

Intense THz pulses down-regulate genes associated with skin cancer and psoriasis: a new therapeutic avenue?

LV Titova, AK Ayesheshim, A Golubov… - Scientific reports, 2013 - nature.com
Terahertz (THz) radiation lies between the infrared and microwave regions of the
electromagnetic spectrum and is non-ionizing. We show that exposure of artificial human …

Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy for non-invasive assessment of water content in biological samples

M Borovkova, M Khodzitsky, P Demchenko… - Biomedical optics …, 2018 - opg.optica.org
We apply terahertz time-domain spectroscopy for the quantitative non-invasive assessment
of the water content in biological samples, such as Carpinus caroliniana tree leaves and …

In vivo terahertz reflection imaging of human scars during and after the healing process

S Fan, BSY Ung, EPJ Parrott, VP Wallace… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
We use terahertz imaging to measure four human skin scars in vivo. Clear contrast between
the refractive index of the scar and surrounding tissue was observed for all of the scars …

Highly accurate in vivo terahertz spectroscopy of healthy skin: Variation of refractive index and absorption coefficient along the human body

KI Zaytsev, AA Gavdush… - … on Terahertz science …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A method to reconstruct the terahertz (THz) refractive index and absorption coefficient of in
vivo tissue using THz pulsed spectroscopy (TPS) has been proposed. The method utilizes a …

Accurate and early prediction of the wound healing outcome of burn injuries using the wavelet Shannon entropy of terahertz time-domain waveforms

ME Khani, OB Osman, ZB Harris… - Journal of …, 2022 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Significance Severe burn injuries cause significant hypermetabolic alterations that are
highly dynamic, hard to predict, and require acute and critical care. The clinical assessments …