Title :
Terahertz reflection imaging of hypertrophic scar tissue in Vivo
Author :
S. Fan;B. S. Y. Ung;C. T. Li;E. Pickwell-MacPherson
Author_Institution :
Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Abstract :
We use terahertz reflection imaging to measure hypertrophic scar tissue in vivo. The reflected terahertz wave from the scar tissue is significantly different from the reflected wave from surrounding healthy tissue. The absorption coefficient of both areas is calculated and shows that the absorption coefficient of the scar tissue is much lower than the healthy tissue. These data suggest that it could be possible to use in vivo terahertz imaging to quantitatively monitor the effectiveness of wound healing treatments.
Keywords :
"Imaging","Absorption","Reflection","Wounds","In vivo","Skin","Elbow"
Conference_Titel :
Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz waves (IRMMW-THz), 2015 40th International Conference on
Electronic_ISBN :
2162-2035
DOI :
10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2015.7327414
