Terahertz imaging and sensing for healthcare: current status and future perspectives

M Gezimati, G Singh - IEEE Access, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
There is a keen interest in the exploration of new generation emitters and detectors due to
advancements in innovation of new materials and device processing technologies which …

Review of bioplastics characterisation by terahertz techniques in the view of ensuring a circular economy

A Abina, T Korošec, U Puc, A Zidanšek - Photonics, 2023 - mdpi.com
The increasing scarcity of natural resources, worsening global climate change,
environmental degradation, and rising demand for food are forcing the biotechnology and …

Sensing and non-destructive testing applications of terahertz spectroscopy and imaging systems: State-of-the-art and state-of-the-practice

W Nsengiyumva, S Zhong, L Zheng… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Terahertz (THz) technology has firmly established itself as an effective sensing and
nondestructive testing (NDT) technique for the detection of substances and physicochemical …

Triage of in vivo burn injuries and prediction of wound healing outcome using neural networks and modeling of the terahertz permittivity based on the double Debye …

ME Khani, ZB Harris, OB Osman, AJ Singer… - Biomedical Optics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
The initial assessment of the depth of a burn injury during triage forms the basis for
determination of the course of the clinical treatment plan. However, severe skin burns are …

Terahertz phasr scanner with 2 khz, 100 ps time-domain trace acquisition rate and an extended field-of-view based on a heliostat design

ZB Harris, MH Arbab - IEEE transactions on terahertz science …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recently, we introduced a Portable HAndheld Spectral Reflection (PHASR) Scanner to
allow terahertz time-domain spectroscopic (THz-TDS) imaging in clinical and industrial …

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 …

Assessing corneal endothelial damage using terahertz time-domain spectroscopy and support vector machines

A Chen, ZB Harris, A Virk, A Abazari, K Varadaraj… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
The endothelial layer of the cornea plays a critical role in regulating its hydration by actively
controlling fluid intake in the tissue via transporting the excess fluid out to the aqueous …

Multiresolution spectrally-encoded terahertz reflection imaging through a highly diffusive cloak

ME Khani, ZB Harris, M Liu, MH Arbab - Optics Express, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Turbid media, made of wavelength-scale inhomogeneous particles, can give rise to many
significant imaging and spectroscopy challenges. The random variation of the refractive …

Terahertz polarimetric imaging of biological tissue: Monte Carlo modeling of signal contrast mechanisms due to Mie scattering

K Xu, MH Arbab - Biomedical Optics Express, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Many promising biomedical applications have been proposed for terahertz (THz)
spectroscopy and diagnostic imaging techniques. Polarimetric imaging systems are …

Design and characterization of a hyperbolic-elliptical lens pair in a rapid beam steering system for single-pixel terahertz spectral imaging of the cornea

AS Virk, ZB Harris, MH Arbab - Optics Express, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Terahertz (THz) time-domain spectroscopy has been investigated for assessment of the
hydration levels in the cornea, intraocular pressure, and changes in corneal topography …