Monitoring the dehydration of collagen by time-domain terahertz transmission measurements

Author

Corridon, Peter M. ; Wilke, Ingrid

Author_Institution

Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Rensselaer Polytech. Inst., Troy, NY

fYear

2007

fDate

2-9 Sept. 2007

Firstpage

611

Lastpage

612

Abstract

We measured the change of the terahertz-frequency dielectric properties in collagen hydrated in saline spanning hypo-normal, normal and hyper-normal physiological conditions, during a 24-hour dehydration period in-vitro.

Keywords

bio-optics; biomedical imaging; dielectric properties; proteins; submillimetre wave imaging; biological tissues; biomedical imaging; biophotonics; collagen; dehydration monitoring; electromagnetic radiation; physiological conditions; saline spanning; submillimeter wave imaging; terahertz-frequency dielectric properties; time-domain terahertz transmission measurements; Biological tissues; Biomedical imaging; Biomedical measurements; Dermis; Dielectric measurements; Extraterrestrial measurements; Monitoring; Skin; Submillimeter wave measurements; Time domain analysis; Biological tissues; Biomedical applications of electromagnetic radiation; Biomedical imaging; Submillimeter wave imaging;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2007 and the 2007 15th International Conference on Terahertz Electronics. IRMMW-THz. Joint 32nd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Cardiff

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1438-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIMW.2007.4516649

Filename

4516649