ReviewJournal of biomedical optics2021
Terahertz radiation and the skin: a review.
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- Roadmap for light interaction with biophotonic surfaces and their diverse applications.Journal of biomedical optics · 2026Article
- Terahertz Photons Promote Corneal Injury Repair via Epithelial Proliferation, Migration, and Inflammation Reduction.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2026Article
- Investigation of reflectance, transmittance, and thermal response of skin and surface-textured skin-equivalent phantoms in the terahertz frequency range around 0.3 THz.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- A new horizon for neuroscience: terahertz biotechnology in brain research.Neural regeneration research · 2025Article
- Effect of terahertz radiation on cells and cellular structures.Frontiers of optoelectronics · 2025Review
- Macroscopic quantum effects in the brain: new insights into the fundamental principle underlying conscious processes.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2025Article
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- A Non-Invasive and DNA-free Approach to Upregulate Mammalian Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels and Neuronal Calcium Signaling via Terahertz Stimulation.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024Article
- Transcriptomic Analysis of Blood Collagen-Induced Arthritis Mice Exposed to 0.1 THz Reveals Inhibition of Genes and Pathways Involved in Rheumatoid Arthritis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Temperature Dependence of the Sensitivity of PVDF Pyroelectric Sensors to THz Radiation: Towards Cryogenic Applications.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- A Metamaterials-Based Absorber Used for Switch Applications with Dynamically Variable Bandwidth in Terahertz Regime.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- A novel SpaSA based hyper-parameter optimized FCEDN with adaptive CNN classification for skin cancer detection.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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12 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
significanceTerahertz (THz) radiation has demonstrated a great potential in biomedical applications over the past three decades, mainly due to its non-invasive and label-free nature. Among all biological specimens, skin tissue is an optimal sample for the application of THz-based methods because it allows for overcoming some intrinsic limitations of the technique, such as a small penetration depth (0.1 to 0.3 mm for the skin, on average).
aimWe summarize the modern research results achieved when THz technology was applied to the skin, considering applications in both imaging/detection and treatment/modulation of the skin constituents. APPROACH: We perform a review of literature and analyze the recent research achievements in THz applications for skin diagnosis and investigation.
resultsThe reviewed results demonstrate the possibilities of THz spectroscopy and imaging, both pulsed and continuous, for diagnosis of skin melanoma and non-melanoma cancer, dysplasia, scars, and diabetic condition, mainly based on the analysis of THz optical properties. The possibility of modulating cell activity and treatment of various diseases by THz-wave exposure is shown as well.
conclusionsThe rapid development of THz technologies and the obtained research results for skin tissue highlight the potential of THz waves as a research and therapeutic instrument. The perspectives on the use of THz radiation are related to both non-invasive diagnostics and stimulation and control of different processes in a living skin tissue for regeneration and cancer treatment.
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