Title :
THz spectroscopic estimation of water content in human articular cartilage
Author :
Jung, E. ; Park, H. ; Han, H. ; Kim, S. ; Park, I. ; Lim, H. ; Cui, J. ; Min, B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Pohang Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Pohang, South Korea
Abstract :
Water distribution of human osteoarthritic articular cartilage has been characterized using terahertz time domain spectroscopy. The evaluation of water content in cartilage tissue can be helpful to diagnose the early degenerative joint diseases. The estimated water content in our measurement decreases along the depth of the cartilage tissue and shows a good agreement with the previous results acquired by destructive biochemical methods.
Keywords :
biological tissues; biomedical measurement; patient diagnosis; terahertz spectroscopy; water; early degenerative joint disease diagnosis; human articular cartilage water distribution; human osteoarthritic articular cartilage; terahertz time domain spectroscopy; water content estimation; Absorption; Bones; Frequency; Humans; Joints; Magnetic resonance imaging; Medical diagnostic imaging; Orthopedic surgery; Osteoarthritis; Spectroscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, 2009. IRMMW-THz 2009. 34th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Busan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5416-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5417-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICIMW.2009.5325510
