• DocumentCode
    3691262
  • 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
  • fYear
    2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz waves (IRMMW-THz), 2015 40th International Conference on
  • ISSN
    2162-2027
  • Electronic_ISBN
    2162-2035
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2015.7327414
  • Filename
    7327414
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3691262