Title :
A study of TPI of human skin under different temperature and humidity
Author :
Sy, M.Y. ; Zhang, Y.T. ; Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Abstract :
The characteristics of non-ionising radiation and sensitivity to water increase the potential of Terahertz Pulsed Imaging (TPI) to become a new biomedical imaging technique. Furthermore, the design of a portable probe in the TPI system by TeraView has improved the flexibility of the TPI system. In this paper we present recent work using the THz probe to measure the skin in different positions on the face and hand in vivo at different temperature and humidity.
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; biomedical imaging; skin; terahertz wave imaging; TeraView; biomedical imaging technique; human skin TPI; humidity conditions; nonionising radiation; portable TPI probe; temperature conditions; terahertz pulsed imaging; Epidermis; Humans; Humidity; Imaging; Probes; Temperature measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2010 35th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6655-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICIMW.2010.5612314
