DocumentCode
2944490
Title
Application of terahertz imaging to osteoarthritis
Author
Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma ; Kan, WC ; Lee, Wing-Sze ; Wallace, Vincent P. ; Cheung, W.H.
Author_Institution
Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
fYear
2008
fDate
15-20 June 2008
Firstpage
1533
Lastpage
1536
Abstract
Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of arthritis, caused by the breakdown of cartilage. A quantitative approach to monitor articular cartilage is a pressing need. Here, using a rabbit model, we investigate the potential use of terahertz pulsed imaging to determine the variation in cartilage thickness due to OA. We find that our terahertz image data can be used to quantitatively show variation in the cartilage thickness in excised tissue.
Keywords
biomedical imaging; bone; diseases; submillimetre wave imaging; articular cartilage; cartilage breakdown; cartilage thickness; excised tissue; osteoarthritis; rabbit model; terahertz pulsed imaging; Arthritis; Biomedical imaging; Bones; Electric breakdown; Joints; Monitoring; Optical imaging; Osteoarthritis; Pressing; Ultrasonic imaging; Osteoarthritis and terahertz; articular cartilage;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Microwave Symposium Digest, 2008 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location
Atlanta, GA
ISSN
0149-645X
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-1780-3
Electronic_ISBN
0149-645X
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/MWSYM.2008.4633073
Filename
4633073
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