Title :
Photo-thermal therapeutics control technique using terahertz waves
Author :
Jeong, Kiyoung ; Huh, Yong-Min ; Kim, Sang-Hoon ; Park, Yeonji ; Oh, Seung Jae ; Son, Joo-Hiuk ; Suh, Jin-Suck
Author_Institution :
Nanomedical Nat. Core Res. Center, Yonsei Univ., Seoul, South Korea
Abstract :
We present a photo-thermal therapeutics control technique using terahertz (THz) imaging technology and an optical beam intensity modulation method. The heat induced in nanoparticle probes under irradiation by a near-infrared beam was monitored using a THz imaging system and was fixed by adjusting the illumination time of the optical beam. The THz-monitored optical beam modulation technique allowed the viability of cells to be controlled.
Keywords :
biothermics; cellular biophysics; laser applications in medicine; nanomedicine; nanoparticles; radiation therapy; cell viability control; nanoparticle probes; near infrared beam induced heat; near infrared beam irradiation; optical beam illumination time; optical beam intensity modulation method; photothermal therapeutics control technique; terahertz imaging technology; terahertz waves; Modulation; Monitoring; Optical beams; Plasma temperature; Temperature control; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2012 37th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wollongong, NSW
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1598-2
Electronic_ISBN :
2162-2027
DOI :
10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2012.6380250
