Title :
Monitoring the dehydration of collagen by time-domain terahertz transmission measurements
Author :
Corridon, Peter M. ; Wilke, Ingrid
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Rensselaer Polytech. Inst., Troy, NY
Abstract :
We measured the change of the terahertz-frequency dielectric properties in collagen hydrated in saline spanning hypo-normal, normal and hyper-normal physiological conditions, during a 24-hour dehydration period in-vitro.
Keywords :
bio-optics; biomedical imaging; dielectric properties; proteins; submillimetre wave imaging; biological tissues; biomedical imaging; biophotonics; collagen; dehydration monitoring; electromagnetic radiation; physiological conditions; saline spanning; submillimeter wave imaging; terahertz-frequency dielectric properties; time-domain terahertz transmission measurements; Biological tissues; Biomedical imaging; Biomedical measurements; Dermis; Dielectric measurements; Extraterrestrial measurements; Monitoring; Skin; Submillimeter wave measurements; Time domain analysis; Biological tissues; Biomedical applications of electromagnetic radiation; Biomedical imaging; Submillimeter wave imaging;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2007 and the 2007 15th International Conference on Terahertz Electronics. IRMMW-THz. Joint 32nd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cardiff
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1438-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICIMW.2007.4516649
