THz medical imaging: from in vitro to in vivo

Z Yan, LG Zhu, K Meng, W Huang, Q Shi - Trends in Biotechnology, 2022 - cell.com
Terahertz (THz) radiation has attracted considerable attention in medical imaging owing to
its nonionizing and spectral fingerprinting characteristics. To date, most studies have …

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 …

Potential clinical applications of terahertz radiation

JH Son, SJ Oh, H Cheon - Journal of Applied Physics, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Terahertz radiation has significant potential in medical diagnosis and treatment because its
frequency range corresponds to the characteristic energy of biomolecular motion …

The potential of terahertz sensing for cancer diagnosis

Z Vafapour, A Keshavarz, H Ghahraloud - Heliyon, 2020 - cell.com
The terahertz (THz) region lies between the microwave and infrared regions of the
electromagnetic (EM) spectrum such that it is strongly attenuated by water and very sensitive …

Terahertz imaging of excised oral cancer at frozen temperature

YC Sim, JY Park, KM Ahn, C Park… - Biomedical optics …, 2013 - opg.optica.org
The feasibility of terahertz (THz) imaging at frozen temperature for the clinical application of
oral cancer detection was investigated by analyzing seven oral tissues resected from four …

Toward clinical cancer imaging using terahertz spectroscopy

H Cheon, HJ Yang, JH Son - IEEE Journal of Selected Topics …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cancer imaging using terahertz (THz) electromagnetic waves has the potential to overcome
the drawbacks of existing cancer imaging techniques because of the unique properties of …

[HTML][HTML] Nanoscale biomaterials for terahertz imaging: A non-invasive approach for early cancer detection

A Sadeghi, SMH Naghavi, M Mozafari, E Afshari - Translational Oncology, 2023 - Elsevier
Terahertz (THz) technology is developing a non-invasive imaging system for biosensing and
clinical diagnosis. THz medical imaging mainly benefits from great sensitivity in detecting …

Temperature-dependent terahertz imaging of excised oral malignant melanoma

YC Sim, KM Ahn, JY Park, CS Park… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We imaged a single case of oral malignant melanoma using terahertz (THz) reflection
imaging at room temperature (20° C) and below freezing (-20° C). A malignant nodule …

Ultrasensitive detection of residual pesticides using THz near-field enhancement

DK Lee, G Kim, C Kim, YM Jhon, JH Kim… - IEEE Transactions …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a novel type of highly sensitive and selective detection method for residual
pesticide molecules including, eg, methomyl using nanoscale metamaterials based …

Functionalized nanomaterials: their use as contrast agents in bioimaging: mono-and multimodal approaches

Q Le Trequesser, H Seznec, MH Delville - Nanotechnology Reviews, 2013 - degruyter.com
The successful development of nanomaterials illustrates the considerable interest in the
development of new molecular probes for medical diagnosis and imaging. Substantial …