Diagnosis of burn wounds using terahertz time-domain spectroscopy

Author

Arbab, M. Hassan ; Henry, Samuel C. ; Warsen, Adelaide ; Farr, Navid ; Winebrenner, Dale P. ; McClintic, Abbi M. ; Shubin, Nicholas ; Hocking, Anne M. ; Arbabi, Saman

Author_Institution

Appl. Phys. Lab., Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

14-19 Sept. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

We present experimental results from the application of terahertz time-domain spectroscopy in diagnosis of scald burns in a standardized porcine model in a clinical Operating Room setting. Superficial, deep partial-thickness and full-thickness burns were differentiated according to the spectral information between 0.2 and 0.8 THz. The severity of wounds were quantified based to the depth of the burned skin, using histological analysis of the biopsy sections, as the gold standard. Our results indicate that terahertz spectroscopy can be used to discriminate accurately between burns of varying severity.

Keywords

patient diagnosis; physiological models; skin; terahertz spectroscopy; time-domain analysis; wounds; biopsy sections; burn wound diagnosis; burned skin depth; clinical operating room setting; deep partial-thickness burns; frequency 0.2 THz to 0.8 THz; full-thickness burns; gold standard; histological analysis; scald burn diagnosis; spectral information; standardized porcine model; superficial burns; terahertz time-domain spectroscopy; wound severity; Educational institutions; Protocols; Skin; Spectroscopy; Surgery; Wounds;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz waves (IRMMW-THz), 2014 39th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Tucson, AZ

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2014.6956296

Filename

6956296