Title :
Observation of Hydrofluoric Acid Burns on Osseous Tissues by Means of Terahertz Spectroscopic Imaging
Author :
Baughman, W.E. ; Yokus, H. ; Balci, Sinan ; Wilbert, David S. ; Kung, Peter ; Kim, Song Min
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA
Abstract :
Terahertz technologies have gained great amount of attention for biomedical imaging and tissue analysis. In this study, we utilize terahertz imaging to study the effects of hydrofluoric acid on both compact bone tissue and cartilage. We compare the differences observed in the exposure for formalin fixed and raw, dried, tissue as well as those resulting from a change in hydrofluoric (HF) concentration. Measurements are performed with THz-TDS, and a variety of spectroscopic-based image reconstruction techniques are utilized to develop contrast in the features of interest.
Keywords :
bone; hydrogen compounds; image reconstruction; injuries; medical image processing; terahertz wave imaging; HF; THz-TDS; biomedical imaging; bone tissue; cartilage; hydrofluoric acid burns; hydrofluoric concentration; osseous tissues; spectroscopic-based image reconstruction; terahertz spectroscopic imaging; terahertz technology; terahertz-time-domain spectroscopy; tissue analysis; Biomedical imaging; hydrofluoric acid; osseous tissue; terahertz (THz) time-domain spectroscopy; terahertz spectroscopic imaging;
Journal_Title :
Terahertz Science and Technology, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TTHZ.2013.2267416
