Title :
Application of terahertz imaging to osteoarthritis
Author :
Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma ; Kan, WC ; Lee, Wing-Sze ; Wallace, Vincent P. ; Cheung, W.H.
Author_Institution :
Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Abstract :
Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of arthritis, caused by the breakdown of cartilage. A quantitative approach to monitor articular cartilage is a pressing need. Here, using a rabbit model, we investigate the potential use of terahertz pulsed imaging to determine the variation in cartilage thickness due to OA. We find that our terahertz image data can be used to quantitatively show variation in the cartilage thickness in excised tissue.
Keywords :
biomedical imaging; bone; diseases; submillimetre wave imaging; articular cartilage; cartilage breakdown; cartilage thickness; excised tissue; osteoarthritis; rabbit model; terahertz pulsed imaging; Arthritis; Biomedical imaging; Bones; Electric breakdown; Joints; Monitoring; Optical imaging; Osteoarthritis; Pressing; Ultrasonic imaging; Osteoarthritis and terahertz; articular cartilage;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest, 2008 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1780-3
Electronic_ISBN :
0149-645X
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.2008.4633073
