Title :
Determination of the influence of dialysis on the human skin water content by means of THz spectroscopy
Author :
Filip Kadlec;Milan Berta;Petr Kuzel;Frantisek Lopot;Vladimir Polakovic
Author_Institution :
Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Na Slovance 2, 182 21 Prague 8, Czech Republic
Abstract :
We report what is to our knowledge the first use of THz spectroscopy with the aim to determine the influence of haemodialysis on the human skin water contents. THz reflectance of the skin before and after dialysis was measured for ten patients and compared with other relevant parameters. It appears that the overall body hydration is not the main parameter determining the skin properties in the THz range.
Keywords :
"Skin","High definition video","Refractive index","Humans","Epidermis","Reflection","Reflectivity"
Conference_Titel :
Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves, 2008. IRMMW-THz 2008. 33rd International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2119-0
Electronic_ISBN :
2162-2035
DOI :
10.1109/ICIMW.2008.4665607
