Title :
An overview of cancer treatment by terahertz radiation
Author :
Mengxi Wang ; Guohui Yang ; Wanlu Li ; Qun Wu
Author_Institution :
Microwave Eng. Dept., Harbin Inst. of Technol., Harbin, China
Abstract :
Cancer claimed the death of over 7.6 million people each year all over the world. Many attempts have being practiced in clinical applications, yet some new technologies are believed to make up for the shortcomings of existing methods. Some latest advances have aroused interests in terahertz imaging and the biological effect as promising diagnostic methods for cancer. This review, however, taps into the biological effects of terahertz radiation as well as the possible mechanism to reveal the potentials and prospects of THz in cancer treatment.
Keywords :
cancer; radiation therapy; reviews; terahertz waves; biological effect; cancer treatment; terahertz imaging; terahertz radiation; Biomembranes; Cancer; Cells (biology); DNA; Electromagnetic heating; Tumors; Terahertz; cancer treatment; nonlinear resonance; thermal effects;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Workshop Series on RF and Wireless Technologies for Biomedical and Healthcare Applications (IMWS-BIO), 2013 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Singapore
DOI :
10.1109/IMWS-BIO.2013.6756170